The terms genome engineering, genome editing, and gene editing, refer to modifications
(insertions, deletions, substitutions) in the genome of a living organism. The most widely …

Genome editing by sequence-specific nucleases (SSNs) has revolutionized biology by
enabling targeted modifications of genomes. Although routine plant genome editing …

Plant viruses use cellular factors and resources to replicate and move. Plants respond to
viral infection by several mechanisms, including innate immunity, autophagy, and gene …

Cucurbit viruses cause considerable economic losses worldwide. The most common viral
diseases affecting this crop family are Potyviruses, Cucumoviruses, Criniviruses …

Vegetable crops provide a rich source of essential nutrients for humanity and represent
critical economic values to global rural societies. However, genetic studies of vegetable …

We report an improved assembly (v3. 6.1) of the melon (Cucumis melo L.) genome and a
new genome annotation (v4. 0). The optical mapping approach allowed correcting the order …

Maize rough dwarf disease (MRDD), caused by various species of the genus Fijivirus,
threatens maize production worldwide. We previously identified a quantitative locus qMrdd1 …

Plant viruses cannot exploit any of the membrane fusion-based routes of entry described for
animal viruses. In addition, one of the distinctive structures of plant cells, the cell wall, acts as …

Tomato leaf curl New Delhi virus (ToLCNDV) is a bipartite whitefly transmitted begomovirus,
responsible since 2013 of severe damages in cucurbit crops in Southeastern Spain …

Melon is an economically important crop with widely diverse fruit morphology and ripening
characteristics. Its diploid sequenced genome and multiple genomic tools make this species …