Plant immunity against viruses

• Main Author: Yule Liu (auth)
• Other Authors: Jian-Zhong Liu (auth), Feng Li (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2017
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Microbiology (non-medical); Virus; Hormone; Plant Immunity; NBS-LRR; Soybean mosaic virus; Cucumber mosaic virus; Genome editing; RNA silencing; Chloroplast; Recessive Resistance
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Plant viruses impose a serious threat on agriculture, which motivates extensive breeding efforts for viral resistant crops and inspires lasting interests on basic research to understand the mechanisms underlying plant immunity against viruses. Viruses are obligate intracellular parasites. Their geno...