Cutting-edge technology to generate plant immunity against geminiviruses.
Curr Opin Virol
; 42: 58-64, 2020 06.
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| ID: mdl-32698102
ABSTRACT
Geminiviruses (viruses with circular, single-stranded DNA genomes) are one of the major groups of plant viruses causing severe economic problems for agriculture worldwide. The control of these pathogens has become a priority to maintain the production of important crops, including cotton, maize, cassava, and other vegetables. Obtaining resistant plants is the most powerful strategy and a key factor to stablish an effective integrated pest management for a robust control. In the last few decades, numerous studies have successfully approached that goal using diverse strategies based on plant variability or on the engineered expression of proteins/RNAs. The increasing knowledge of the mechanisms involved in the geminivirus-plant-vector interactions, in combination with the development of gene editing technology and nanoparticles, draw new and promising strategies for a durable control of these emerging pathogens.
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Assunto principal:
Doenças das Plantas
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Plantas Geneticamente Modificadas
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Produtos Agrícolas
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Geminiviridae
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Nanotecnologia
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Edição de Genes
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En
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Curr Opin Virol
Ano de publicação:
2020
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Article
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Espanha