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Gene silencing of Tomato Yellow Leaf Curl Virus

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Tomato Yellow Leaf Curl Virus Disease

The Geminiviridae family has received a great deal of attention in recent years and is becoming one of the most important and studied families of plant viruses. Some reasons why so much effort has been dedicated to their study include the economic and social impact of the diseases they cause (Palmer & Rybicki; 1998; Harrison & Robinson, 1999; Morales & Anderson, 2001) and the emergence of new geminiviruses through recombination or pseudorecombination among strains and/or species in various crops (Zhou et al., 1997; Navas- Castillo et al., 2000; Saunders et al., 2001; see also Part II, Chapter 3).

In nature, about 18 species of begomoviruses have been found to infect tomato (Varma & Malathi, 2003; see also Part II, Chapter 2). Most of the new begomoviruses affecting tomato have been identified in the Americas where 17 distinct begomoviruses have been isolated from tomato (Polston & Anderson, 1997; Rojas et al., 2000). In this review the application of post-transcriptional gene silencing (PTGS) strategy as a promising tool to control the disease caused by TYLCV will be discussed.

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Anfoka, G. (2007). Gene silencing of Tomato Yellow Leaf Curl Virus. In: Czosnek, H. (eds) Tomato Yellow Leaf Curl Virus Disease. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-4769-5_23

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