Engineering Dual Begomovirus-Bemisia tabaci Resistance in Plants. (January 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Zaidi, Syed Shan-e-Ali; Briddon, Rob W.; Mansoor, Shahid
• Is Part Of: Trends in plant science. Volume 22:Number 1(2017)
• Page Start: 6
• Page End: 8
• Publication Date: 2017-01
• Subjects: Geminivirus -- whitefly -- Bemisia tabaci -- virus resistance -- Begomovirus -- cotton; Botany -- Periodicals; Botanique -- Périodiques; Botany; Periodicals; 580.5
• DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2016.11.005
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1360-1385

Abstract

Abstract : The whitefly Bemisia tabaci is an important pest of many economically important crops and the vector of begomoviruses (family Geminiviridae ). Recently, the expression of insecticidal proteins and/or toxins or double-stranded (ds)RNA homologous to B. tabaci genes has been demonstrated to provide the plant with protection against B. tabaci and the viruses that it transmits.