RNA silencing or interference (RNAi) is a gene regulation mechanism in eukaryotes that
controls cell differentiation and developmental processes via expression of microRNAs. RNAi …

Genetic engineering offers a means of incorporating new virus resistance traits into existing
desirable plant cultivars. The initial attempts to create transgenes conferring virus resistance …

To obtain virus-resistant host plants, a range of operational strategies can be followed
nowadays. While for decades plant breeders have been able to introduce natural resistance …

Posttranscriptional silencing of a green fluorescent protein (GFP) transgene in Nicotiana
benthamiana plants was suppressed when these plants were infected with Tomato spotted wilt …

The species Brassica rapa includes various vegetable crops. Production of these vegetable
crops is usually impaired by heat stress. Some microRNAs (miRNAs) in Arabidopsis have …

Tomato breeding has been tremendously efficient in increasing fruit quality and quantity but
did not focus on improving herbivore resistance. The biosynthetic pathway for the production …

In nature, plants have to cope with a wide range of stress conditions that often occur
simultaneously or in sequence. To investigate how plants cope with multi‐stress conditions, we …

RNA silencing is a natural antiviral defence in plants, which can be exploited in transgenic
plants for preprogramming virus recognition and ensuring enhanced resistance. By arranging …

Apomixis, the clonal formation of seeds, is a rare yet widely distributed trait in flowering
plants. We have isolated the PARTHENOGENESIS (PAR) gene from apomictic dandelion that …

The emergence of tospoviruses as a significant problem in the cultivation of many crops
around the world makes it vital to develop strategies to restrain these viruses. So far, only a few …