In nature, plants are simultaneously exposed to a combination of biotic and abiotic stresses
that limit crop yields. Only recently, researchers have started understanding the molecular …

Since the discovery of RNA interference (RNAi), scientists have made significant progress
towards the development of this unique technology for crop protection. The RNAi …

Detailed functional analyses of many fundamentally important plant genes via conventional
loss-of-function approaches are impeded by the severe pleiotropic phenotypes resulting …

The study of epigenetics in plants has a long and rich history, from initial descriptions of non-
Mendelian gene behaviors to seminal discoveries of chromatin-modifying proteins and …

Nicotiana benthamiana is a widely used model plant species for the study of fundamental
questions in molecular plant-microbe interactions and other areas of plant biology. This …

Tobacco rattle virus (TRV)-based virus-induced gene silencing (VIGS) is widely used in
various plant species to downregulate the expression of a target plant gene. TRV is a …

Only a small fraction of the immense diversity of plant metabolism has been explored for the
production of new medicines and other products important to human well-being. The …

Nicotiana benthamiana is the most widely-used experimental host in plant virology. The
recent release of the draft genome sequence for N. benthamiana consolidates its role as a …

Plant viruses are devastating plant pathogens that severely affect crop yield and quality.
Plants have developed multiple lines of defense systems to combat viral infection. Gene …

The phenomenon of RNA interference (RNAi) is involved in sequence-specific gene
regulation driven by the introduction of dsRNA resulting in inhibition of translation or …