Virus-induced gene silencing: empowering genetics in non-model organisms

AB Dommes, T Gross, DB Herbert… - Journal of …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Virus-induced gene silencing (VIGS) is an RNA interference-based technology used to
transiently knock down target gene expression by utilizing modified plant viral genomes …

Biolistic approach for transient gene expression studies in plants

B Lacroix, V Citovsky - Biolistic DNA delivery in plants: Methods and …, 2020 - Springer
Since its inception in the late 1980s, the delivery of exogenous nucleic acids into living cells
via high-velocity microprojectiles (biolistic, or microparticle bombardment) has been an …

[HTML][HTML] Mutations in DNA polymerase δ subunit 1 co-segregate with CMD2-type resistance to Cassava Mosaic Geminiviruses

YW Lim, BN Mansfeld, P Schläpfer, KB Gilbert… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Cassava mosaic disease (CMD) suppresses cassava yields across the tropics. The
dominant CMD2 locus confers resistance to cassava mosaic geminiviruses. It has been …

Development of cassava common mosaic virus-based vector for protein expression and gene editing in cassava

D Tuo, Y Yao, P Yan, X Chen, F Qu, W Xue, J Liu… - Plant Methods, 2023 - Springer
Background Plant virus vectors designed for virus-mediated protein overexpression (VOX),
virus-induced gene silencing (VIGS), and genome editing (VIGE) provide rapid and cost …

Stacking disease resistance and mineral biofortification in cassava varieties to enhance yields and consumer health

N Narayanan, G Beyene, RD Chauhan… - Plant Biotechnology …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Delivering the benefits of agricultural biotechnology to smallholder farmers requires that
resources be directed towards staple food crops. To achieve effect at scale, beneficial traits …

Gene silencing approaches through virus-based vectors: speeding up functional genomics in monocots

R Kant, I Dasgupta - Plant molecular biology, 2019 - Springer
Key message The design and use of existing VIGS vectors for revealing monocot gene
functions are described and potential new vectors are discussed, which may expand their …

Cassava shrunken-2 homolog MeAPL3 determines storage root starch and dry matter content and modulates storage root postharvest physiological deterioration

G Beyene, RD Chauhan, J Gehan, D Siritunga… - Plant Molecular …, 2022 - Springer
Key message Among the five cassava isoforms (MeAPL1–MeAPL5), MeAPL3 is responsible
for determining storage root starch content. Degree of storage root postharvest physiological …

An efficient virus-induced gene silencing (VIGS) system for functional genomics in Brassicas using a cabbage leaf curl virus (CaLCuV)-based vector

Z **ao, M **ng, X Liu, Z Fang, L Yang, Y Zhang… - Planta, 2020 - Springer
Main conclusion CaLCuV-based VIGS effectively works in cabbage and contributes to
efficient functional genomics research in Brassica crop species. Abstract Virus-induced gene …