In plants, the chloroplast is the organelle that conducts photosynthesis. It has been known
that chloroplast is involved in virus infection of plants for approximate 70 years. Recently, the …

The chloroplast is one of the most dynamic organelles of a plant cell. It carries out
photosynthesis, synthesizes major phytohormones, plays an active part in the defence …

The evaluation of disease resistance is considered an important aspect of phenotyping for
crop improvement. Identification of advanced lines of the common bean with disease …

Cristae are infoldings of the mitochondrial inner membrane jutting into the organelle's
innermost compartment from narrow stems at their base called crista junctions. They are …

Plant viruses, as obligate intracellular parasites, induce significant changes in the cellular
physiology of host cells to facilitate their multiplication. These alterations often lead to the …

Highlights•Viral infection induces the ultrastructural modifications of chloroplasts.•Viral
infection downregulates chloroplast-related and photosynthesis-related genes.•Viral …

Fifteen years after transfer to hops, hop stunt viroid-grapevine (HSVd-g) was replaced by
HSVd-hop (HSVd-h), a sequence variant that contains changes at five different positions …

Black spot disease, caused by Alternaria brassicicola in Brassica species, is one of the most
devastating diseases all over the world, especially since there is no known fully resistant …

Highlights•Plant viruses are important modulators of primary metabolism in infected
cells.•Viruses induce sink metabolism, photosynthesis repression and enhanced …

Sugarcane mosaic virus (SCMV) is one of the major pathogens of sugarcane. SCMV
infection causes dynamic changes in plant cells, including decreased photosynthetic rate …