Potyvirus is the largest genus of plant viruses causing significant losses in a wide range of
crops. Potyviruses are aphid transmitted in a nonpersistent manner and some of them are …

To confer resistance against pathogens and pests in plants, typically dominant resistance
genes are deployed. However, because resistance is based on recognition of a single …

Plant viruses recruit cellular translation factors not only to translate their viral RNAs but also
to regulate their replication and potentiate their local and systemic movement. Because of …

The use of genetic resistance is considered to be the most effective and sustainable
approach to the control of plant pathogens. Although most of the known natural resistance …

Turnip mosaic virus (TuMV) is an economically important virus infecting a broad range of
arable and vegetable crops and many wild plant species. It is also of particular scientific …

For some plant positive-sense RNA viruses, a protein known as VPg (short for virus protein,
genome linked) is covalently linked to the 5′ end of the viral RNA. The VPg is an …

Background The eukaryotic translation initiation factor eIF4E plays a key role in plant-
potyvirus interactions. eIF4E belongs to a small multigenic family and three genes, eIF4E1 …

Genome editing approaches, particularly the CRISPR/Cas9 technology, are becoming state-
of-the-art for trait development in numerous breeding programs. Significant advances in …

Potyviruses are the largest group of plant-infecting RNA viruses that affect a wide range of
crop plants. Plant resistance genes against potyviruses are often recessive and encode …

Most of the positive-strand RNA plant viruses lack the 5′-cap and/or the poly (A)-tail that act
synergistically to stimulate canonical translation of cellular mRNAs. However, they have …