Plant Viruses: Evolution and Management

by Rihana Bibi, Bhaskar Biswas, Mridul Pawar

ISBN: 9789371705509
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Imprint : Agri Horti Press
Year : 2025
Price : Rs. 29980.00
Biblio : 376p., tbls., figs., ind., 25cm.,

About The Book

• Evolution of Plant Viruses: Trace the evolutionary history of plant viruses, examining their origins, diversification, and adaptation to various host plants and environments over time. • Molecular Biology: Explore the molecular mechanisms underlying plant virus replication, transmission, and pathogenesis, including genome structure, gene expression, and interaction with host factors. • Host-Pathogen Interactions: Investigate the dynamic interactions between plant viruses and their host plants, including mechanisms of virus recognition, immune responses, and molecular arms race between host defense and viral evasion strategies. • Transmission and Spread: Discuss the diverse modes of transmission and spread of plant viruses, including vector-mediated transmission by insects, nematodes, and fungi, as well as non-vector mechanisms such as mechanical transmission and seedborne transmission. • Disease Management Strategies: Examine integrated approaches for managing plant virus diseases, including cultural practices, host resistance breeding, biological control, and chemical control measures, tailored to specific crops and production systems. • Molecular Diagnosis: Discuss molecular diagnostic techniques for detecting and identifying plant viruses, such as polymerase chain reaction (PCR), serological assays, and next-generation sequencing (NGS), enabling rapid and accurate diagnosis for disease management. • Plant Virus Epidemiology: Explore the principles of plant virus epidemiology, including factors influencing disease outbreaks, spatial and temporal patterns of virus spread, and modeling approaches for predicting disease dynamics and designing control strategies. • Emerging Threats and Future Directions: Consider emerging challenges posed by new and re-emerging plant virus pathogens, as well as opportunities for innovation in virus management strategies, such as RNA interference (RNAi) technology and genome editing techniques.

Table of Contents

Preface v 1. Special Issue “Plant Viruses: From Ecology To Control” 1 2. Virus Host Jumping can be Boosted by Adaptation to a Bridge Plant Species 7 3. Adaptation and Codon-Usage Preference of Apple and Pear-Infecting Apple Stem Grooving Viruses 33 4. Revealing the Complexity of Sweepovirus-Deltasatellite–Plant Host Interactions: Expanded Natural and Experimental Helper Virus Range and Effect Dependence on Virus-Host Combination 51 5. Arabidopsis Thaliana Genes Associated With Cucumber Mosaic Virus Virulence and their Link to Virus Seed Transmission 75 6. Yield Losses Caused by Barley Yellow Dwarf Virus-Pav Infection in Wheat and Barley: a Three-Year Field Study in South-Eastern Australia 97 7. A Primer on the Analysis of High-Throughput Sequencing Data for Detection of Plant Viruses 115 8. Use of High-Throughput Sequencing and Two RNA Input Methods to Identify Viruses Infecting Tomato Crops 155 9. Nanopore Sequencing is a Credible Alternative to Recover Complete Genomes of Geminiviruses 177 10. Geminiviral Triggers and Suppressors of Plant Antiviral Immunity 197 11. Variability, Functions and Interactions of Plant Virus Movement Proteins: What do we know so far? 223 12. Membrane Association and Topology of Citrus Leprosis Virus C2 Movement and Capsid Proteins 261 13. Implication of the Whitefly Protein VPS Twenty Associated 1 (Vta1) in the Transmission of Cotton Leaf Curl Multan Virus 273 14. Persistent Southern Tomato Virus (STV) Interacts with Cucumber Mosaic and/or Pepino Mosaic Virus in Mixed- Infections Modifying Plant Symptoms, Viral Titer and Small RNA Accumulation 289 15. The Global Dimension of Tomato Yellow Leaf Curl Disease: Current Status and Breeding Perspectives 313 16. Resistant Sources and Genetic Control of Resistance to TOLCNDV in Cucumber 341 Index 363