Engineering Dual Begomovirus-Bemisia tabaci Resistance in Plants

Syed Shan-E-Ali Zaidi; Rob W Briddon; Shahid Mansoor

doi:10.1016/j.tplants.2016.11.005

Engineering Dual Begomovirus-Bemisia tabaci Resistance in Plants

Trends Plant Sci. 2017 Jan;22(1):6-8. doi: 10.1016/j.tplants.2016.11.005. Epub 2016 Nov 24.

Authors

Syed Shan-E-Ali Zaidi¹, Rob W Briddon¹, Shahid Mansoor²

Affiliations

¹ National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering (NIBGE), Faisalabad, Pakistan.
² National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering (NIBGE), Faisalabad, Pakistan. Electronic address: shahidmansoor7@gmail.com.

PMID: 27890609
DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2016.11.005

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.

Keywords: Begomovirus; Bemisia tabaci; Geminivirus; cotton; virus resistance; whitefly.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Animals
Begomovirus / pathogenicity*
Crops, Agricultural / genetics
Crops, Agricultural / microbiology
Crops, Agricultural / parasitology
Genetic Engineering / methods*
Hemiptera / pathogenicity*
Plant Diseases / genetics
Plant Diseases / microbiology*
Plant Diseases / parasitology*
Plant Immunity / genetics
Plant Immunity / physiology