DNA methylation is an important epigenetic mechanism for controlling innate immunity
against microbial pathogens in plants. Little is known, however, about the manner in which …

Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum), along with many other economically valuable species,
belongs to the Solanaceae family. Understanding how plants in this family defend …

As research on plant viruses has focused mainly on crop diseases, little is known about
these viruses in natural environments. To understand the ecology of viruses in natural …

Plants are constantly interacting with a wide variety of potential pathogens within their
environment. During compatible interaction, the pathogen manipulates the immune system …

Abstract Background Nicotiana sylvestris and Nicotiana tomentosiformis are members of the
Solanaceae family that includes tomato, potato, eggplant and pepper. These two Nicotiana …

Tomato bushy stunt virus (TBSV) coat protein (CP) replacement vectors have been used
previously to silence transgenes (eg, the green fluorescent protein gene) but have not been …

Plants have evolved a plethora of mechanisms to respond to the environment and modulate
growth and reproduction. Abiotic signals provided by light, temperature and the availability …

Disease arises from the interaction of two genomes, host and pathogen genomes. To
highlight these genomic interactions, Soltis et al. performed genome-wide association …

Microarrays derived from Solanum tuberosum expressed sequence tags were used to test
the hypothesis that genetically distinct enveloped viruses elicit unique changes in Nicotiana …

Nicotiana benthamiana is an important model organism of the Solanaceae (Nightshade)
family. Several draft assemblies of the N. benthamiana genome have been generated, but …