Virus-induced gene silencing (VIGS): a powerful tool for crop improvement and its advancement towards epigenetics

S Zulfiqar, MA Farooq, T Zhao, PP Wang… - International journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Virus-induced gene silencing (VIGS) is an RNA-mediated reverse genetics technology that
has evolved into an indispensable approach for analyzing the function of genes. It …

Progressive genomic approaches to explore drought-and salt-induced oxidative stress responses in plants under changing climate

M Billah, S Aktar, M Brestic, M Zivcak, ABM Khaldun… - Plants, 2021 - mdpi.com
Drought and salinity are the major environmental abiotic stresses that negatively impact crop
development and yield. To improve yields under abiotic stress conditions, drought-and …

Hairy roots: An untapped potential for production of plant products

KJ Morey, CAM Peebles - Frontiers in Plant Science, 2022 - frontiersin.org
While plants are an abundant source of valuable natural products, it is often challenging to
produce those products for commercial application. Often organic synthesis is too expensive …

Engineering strategies for insect viruses and microbes for dsRNA production and delivery to insects for targeted gene silencing

Q Xue, É Avila dos Santos, G Smagghe… - Entomologia …, 2023 - biblio.ugent.be
RNA interference (RNAi)-based pest control is viewed as a safe and effective method for
insect pest control. However, the stability and efficient cellular delivery of the double …

Silencing of the Ornithine Decarboxylase Gene of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici by Host-Induced RNAi Confers Resistance to Fusarium Wilt in Tomato

N Singh, SK Mukherjee, MV Rajam - Plant Molecular Biology Reporter, 2020 - Springer
Fusarium wilt caused by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici, a hemibiotrophic filamentous
fungal pathogen is one of the important diseases of tomato. Recently, RNA interference …

Genomics Armed With Diversity Leads the Way in Brassica Improvement in a Changing Global Environment

NS Mohd Saad, AA Severn-Ellis, A Pradhan… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Meeting the needs of a growing world population in the face of imminent climate change is a
challenge; breeding of vegetable and oilseed Brassica crops is part of the race in meeting …

Potato biofortification: an effective way to fight global hidden hunger

B Singh, U Goutam, S Kukreja, J Sharma… - … and Molecular Biology …, 2021 - Springer
Hidden hunger is leading to extensive health problems in the developing world. Several
strategies could be used to reduce the micronutrient deficiencies by increasing the dietary …

Virus-induced gene silencing for in planta validation of gene function in cucurbits

SJ Rhee, YJ Jang, JY Park, J Ryu, GP Lee - Plant Physiology, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Virus-induced gene silencing (VIGS) is a powerful tool for high-throughput analysis of gene
function. Here, we developed the VIGS vector pCF93, from which expression of the …

Review on harnessing biotechnological tools for the development of stable bacterial wilt resistant solanaceous vegetable crops

S Sharma, V Katoch, DK Banyal - Scientia Horticulturae, 2021 - Elsevier
Bacterial wilt of solanaceous vegetables caused by the soil-borne pathogen Ralstonia
solanacearum is a serious plant disease-causing heavy economical losses. Traditional …

Direct agroinoculation of maize seedlings by injection with recombinant foxtail mosaic virus and sugarcane mosaic virus infectious clones

BM Beernink, KL Holan, RR Lappe… - JoVE (Journal of …, 2021 - jove.com
Agrobacterium-based inoculation approaches are widely used for introducing viral vectors
into plant tissues. This study details a protocol for the injection of maize seedlings near …