Tropical Plant Pathology (2020) 45, 443-447

Ghulam Rasool, Sumaira Yousaf, Afzal Akram, Shahid Mansoor, Rob W. Briddon and Muhammad Saeed (2020)
Tolerance to tomato leaf curl New Delhi begomovirus in transgenic Nicotiana benthamiana expressing the phage M13 gene 5 (G5), an ssDNA binding protein
Tropical Plant Pathology 45 (4), 443-447
Abstract: Tomato leaf curl New Delhi virus (ToLCNDV), a single-stranded (ss)DNA virus(family; Geminiviridae), has become a constraint to the production of crops of the Cucurbitaceae, Solanaceae and Malvaceae across the sub-Continent, south east Asia and, more recently, the western Mediterranean basin. Transgenic Nicotiana benthamiana plants constitutively expressing the phage M13 gene 5 (G5) protein, an ssDNA binding protein, fused with nuclear localization signal, showed mild virus symptoms with a low virus titre. This study confirms G5 protein as useful to develop broad-spectrum resistance against ToLCNDV and other ssDNA viruses in plants.
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Database assignments for author(s): Shahid Mansoor, Rob W. Briddon, Muhammad Saeed

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
resistance/tolerance/defence of host

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Tomato leaf curl New Delhi virus	Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum)