Engineering resistance to geminiviruses--review and perspectives.

Geminiviridae/genetics/physiology; Gene Expression Regulation, Plant; Plant Diseases/genetics/virology; Plant Proteins/genetics; Plants/genetics/virology; Plants, Genetically Modified; Promoter Regions, Genetic; RNA Interference; Viral Proteins/genetics

Abstract :

[en] Following the conceptual development of virus resistance strategies ranging from coat protein-mediated interference of virus propagation to RNA-mediated virus gene silencing, much progress has been achieved to protect plants against RNA and DNA virus infections. Geminiviruses are a major threat to world agriculture, and breeding resistant crops against these DNA viruses is one of the major challenges faced by plant virologists and biotechnologists. In this article, we review the most recent transgene-based approaches that have been developed to achieve durable geminivirus resistance. Although most of the strategies have been tested in model plant systems, they are ready to be adopted for the protection of crop plants. Furthermore, a better understanding of geminivirus gene and protein functions, as well as the native immune system which protects plants against viruses, will allow us to develop novel tools to expand our current capacity to stabilize crop production in geminivirus epidemic zones.

Disciplines :

Phytobiology (plant sciences, forestry, mycology...)

Author, co-author :

Vanderschuren, Hervé ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Sciences agronomiques > Biologie végétale

Stupak, Martin

Futterer, Johannes

Gruissem, Wilhelm

Zhang, Peng

Language :

English

Title :

Engineering resistance to geminiviruses--review and perspectives.

Publication date :

2007

Journal title :

Plant Biotechnology Journal

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1467-7644

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1467-7652

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Blackwell, Oxford, United Kingdom

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Pages :

207-20

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