Whitefly-borne begomoviruses are reshaping the global threat to cucurbit crops
A new review maps how recombination, satellites and whitefly vectors are driving the global spread of cucurbit-infecting begomoviruses, and evaluates ...
Tag: plant virology
Five-Year Trial Finds Netting, Not Sprays, Best Shields Tomatoes From Cucumber Mosaic Virus
A five-year Nepali field trial found that commercially available biorational sprays failed to consistently control cucumber mosaic virus in tomato, ...
Scientists Map the Gateway Protein That Helps a Devastating Tomato Virus Spread Between Plant Cells
A new study provides the first experimental evidence that the tomato brown rugose fruit virus movement protein localizes to plasmodesmata ...
Viral Protein Weakens Rice Cell Walls, Boosting Virus Infection but Blocking Insect Pests
A protein encoded by rice grassy stunt virus remodels rice cell walls by reducing cellulose and increasing lignin, making plants ...
Plant Viruses Already Carry Weapons That Can Blind CRISPR-Cas13
Plant viral suppressors of RNA interference HcPro and P19 unexpectedly block both Cas13-independent and Cas13-mediated transcript silencing, revealing that viruses ...
Soybean Gene GmISO5 Emerges as Master Switch for Health-Boosting Isoflavones and Virus Defense
A multi-omics study identifies the PEBP-family gene GmISO5 as a major regulator of soybean seed isoflavone biosynthesis and links its ...
Soybean Enzyme GmASMT8 Emerges as Key Helper for a Damaging Plant Virus
Brazilian researchers have identified the soybean enzyme GmASMT8 as a host protein recruited by cowpea mild mottle virus during replication, ...
Small Viral C4 Protein Rewires Plant Cells and Triggers Severe Disease Symptoms
Researchers have provided the first experimental characterization of the C4 protein encoded by the recently described parsley yellow leaf curl ...
Selected DNA aptamers bind potato spindle tuber viroid and modulate infection
In a finding that could reshape how scientists fight one of agriculture's most elusive classes of pathogens, researchers in Japan ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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