Thirty years of resistance: Zig-zag through the plant immune system

BPM Ngou, P Ding, JDG Jones - The Plant Cell, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Understanding the plant immune system is crucial for using genetics to protect crops from
diseases. Plants resist pathogens via a two-tiered innate immune detection-and-response …

Tomato brown rugose fruit virus: An emerging and rapidly spreading plant RNA virus that threatens tomato production worldwide

S Zhang, JS Griffiths, G Marchand… - Molecular Plant …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Tomato brown rugose fruit virus (ToBRFV) is an emerging and rapidly spreading RNA virus
that infects tomato and pepper, with tomato as the primary host. The virus causes severe …

New reference genome sequences of hot pepper reveal the massive evolution of plant disease-resistance genes by retroduplication

S Kim, J Park, SI Yeom, YM Kim, E Seo, KT Kim… - Genome biology, 2017 - Springer
Background Transposable elements are major evolutionary forces which can cause new
genome structure and species diversification. The role of transposable elements in the …

Plant viruses of agricultural importance: Current and future perspectives of virus disease management strategies

S Tatineni, GL Hein - Phytopathology®, 2023 - Am Phytopath Society
Plant viruses cause significant losses in agricultural crops worldwide, affecting the yield and
quality of agricultural products. The emergence of novel viruses or variants through genetic …

Chloroplast immunity illuminated

GR Littlejohn, S Breen, N Smirnoff, M Grant - New Phytologist, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The chloroplast has recently emerged as pivotal to co‐ordinating plant defence responses
and as a target of plant pathogens. Beyond its central position in oxygenic photosynthesis …

Tomato brown rugose fruit virus: A pathogen that is changing the tomato production worldwide

AG Caruso, S Bertacca, G Parrella… - Annals of Applied …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L., family Solanaceae) represents one of the most cultivated
horticultural crops worldwide, with over 5 million hectares of cultivated area and more than …

Dominant resistance against plant viruses

D de Ronde, P Butterbach, R Kormelink - Frontiers in plant science, 2014 - frontiersin.org
To establish a successful infection plant viruses have to overcome a defense system
composed of several layers. This review will overview the various strategies plants employ …

Overview of Biotic Stresses in Pepper (Capsicum spp.): Sources of Genetic Resistance, Molecular Breeding and Genomics

M Parisi, D Alioto, P Tripodi - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
Pepper (Capsicum spp.) is one of the major vegetable crops grown worldwide largely
appreciated for its economic importance and nutritional value. This crop belongs to the large …

Virus diseases of peppers (Capsicum spp.) and their control

L Kenyon, S Kumar, WS Tsai, JA Hughes - Advances in virus research, 2014 - Elsevier
The number of virus species infecting pepper (Capsicum spp.) crops and their incidences
has increased considerably over the past 30 years, particularly in tropical and subtropical …

The battle for survival between viruses and their host plants

A Boualem, C Dogimont, A Bendahmane - Current opinion in virology, 2016 - Elsevier
Highlights•Plants use RNA silencing as an antiviral defense mechanism.•NLRs proteins are
molecular switches activated by the viral effectors.•Activation of NLRs-mediated resistance …