Tomato yellow leaf curl (TYLC) is one of the most devastating viral diseases of cultivated
tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum) in tropical and subtropical regions worldwide, and losses …

The majority of plant-infecting viruses utilize an RNA genome, suggesting that plants have
imposed strict constraints on the evolution of DNA viruses. The geminiviruses represent a …

Abstract Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz.) is the most important vegetatively propagated
food staple in Africa and a prominent industrial crop in Latin America and Asia. Its vegetative …

Bean golden mosaic virus (BGMV) is transmitted by the whitefly Bemisia tabaci in a
persistent, circulative manner, causing the golden mosaic of common bean (Phaseolus …

Simple Summary The sweetpotato whitefly, Bemisia tabaci, was initially discovered in the
United States in 1894 but was not considered an economic insect pest on various …

Genetic engineering offers a means of incorporating new virus resistance traits into existing
desirable plant cultivars. The initial attempts to create transgenes conferring virus resistance …

Geminiviruses comprise a large and diverse family of viruses that infect a wide range of
important monocotyledonous and dicotyledonous crop species and cause significant yield …

Abstract Development of effective disease-resistance to a broad-range of pathogens in
crops usually requires tremendous resources and effort when traditional breeding …

Geminiviruses are ssDNA viruses that infect a range of economically important crop species.
We have developed a pathogen-derived transgenic approach to generate high levels of …

Virus diseases are among the key limiting factors that cause significant yield loss and
continuously threaten crop production. Resistant cultivars coupled with pesticide application …