Virus interactions with plant silencing and innate immunity pathways can potentially alter the
susceptibility of virus-infected plants to secondary infections with nonviral pathogens. We …

In plants, RNA interference (RNAi) generates small interfering (si)RNAs from entire genomes
of viruses, satellites and viroids. Therefore, deep small (s)RNA sequencing is a universal …

Citrus tristeza virus (CTV, family Closteroviridae) is an economically important pathogen of
citrus. CTV resides in the phloem of the infected plants and induces a range of disease …

In plants, RNA silencing–based antiviral defense generates viral small RNAs (sRNAs)
faithfully representing the viral genomes. We employed sRNA sequencing and bioinformatics (…

Small interfering RNA (siRNA)-directed gene silencing plays a major role in antiviral defense.
Virus-derived siRNAs inhibit viral replication in infected cells and potentially move to …

Tobamoviral replicase possesses an RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RDR) domain and
is translated from genomic (g)RNA via a stop codon readthrough mechanism at a one-to-ten …

Tomato yellow leaf curl virus (TYLCV, genus Begomovirus, family Geminiviridae) causes
severe disease of cultivated tomatoes. Geminiviruses replicate circular single-stranded …

Tissue culture methods enable virus elimination from vegetatively propagated crop plants
but cannot prevent new infections. Here we used a tissue culture transgenic approach for …

Evidence is accumulating that plant viruses alter host plant traits in ways that modify their
insect vectors’ behavior. These alterations often enhance virus transmission, which has led to …

Background: Numerous studies have documented modifications in vector orientation behavior,
settling and feeding behavior, and/or fecundity and survival due to virus infection in host …