Begomoviruses are numerous and geographically widespread viruses that cause
devastating diseases in many crops. Monopartite begomoviruses are frequently associated …

The majority of plant-infecting viruses utilize an RNA genome, suggesting that plants have
imposed strict constraints on the evolution of DNA viruses. The geminiviruses represent a …

Geminiviruses form the second largest family of plant viruses, the Geminiviridae,
represented by four genera: Mastrevirus, Curtovirus, Topocuvirus and Begomovirus. During …

Geminiviruses are a family of plant viruses that cause economically important plant diseases
worldwide. These viruses have circular single‐stranded DNA genomes and four to eight …

Autophagy is an evolutionarily conserved process that recycles damaged or unwanted
cellular components, and has been linked to plant immunity. However, how autophagy …

Despite their small size and limited protein-coding capacity, the rapid evolution rates of
single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) viruses have led to their emergence as serious plant and …

Small circular single-stranded DNA satellites have recently been isolated from plants
infected with whitefly-transmitted monopartite begomoviruses. The satellites, named DNA β …

Better, easier and cheaper than polymerase chain reaction (PCR) or antibody detection,
rolling circle amplification (RCA) using the bacteriophage ϕ 29 DNA polymerase allows for a …

Begomoviruses (Family Geminiviridae, Genus Begomovirus) have become the most
destructive group of plant viruses in tropical and subtropical regions of the world. The recent …

Begomoviruses (family Geminiviridae) are responsible for many economically important
crop diseases worldwide. The majority of these diseases are caused by bipartite …