Plant viruses cause significant losses in agricultural crops worldwide, affecting the yield and
quality of agricultural products. The emergence of novel viruses or variants through genetic …

Viruses are acellular pathogens that cause severe infections in plants, resulting in
worldwide crop losses every year. The lack of chemical agents to control viral diseases …

The brown planthopper (BPH) is the most destructive pest of rice. The MYB transcription
factors are vital for rice immunity, but most are activators. Although MYB22 positively …

Tomato leaf curl New Delhi virus (ToLCNDV) emerged in the Mediterranean Basin in 2012
as the first DNA bipartite begomovirus (Geminiviridae family), causing severe yield and …

Geminiviruses are a major threat to agriculture in tropical and subtropical regions of the
world. Geminiviruses have small genome with limited coding capacity. Despite this …

Introduction Sessile plants engage in trade-offs between growth and defense capacity in
response to fluctuating environmental cues. MYB is an important transcription factor that …

In natural habitats, plants are exploited by pathogens in biotrophic or necrotrophic ways.
Concurrently, plants have evolved their defense systems for rapid perception of pathogenic …

Background Geminiviruses are DNA plant viruses that cause highly damaging diseases
affecting crops worldwide. During the infection, geminiviruses hijack cellular processes …

The NLR (nucleotide-binding leucine-rich repeat) class immune receptor Sw-5b confers
resistance to Tomato spotted wilt orthotospovirus (TSWV). Although Sw-5b is known to …

Trees are inevitably attacked by different kinds of pathogens in their life. However, little is
known about the regulatory factors in poplar response to different pathogen infections …