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Virus-resistant Transgenic Tomato:Current Status and Future Prospects

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Title Virus-resistant Transgenic Tomato:Current Status and Future Prospects
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Creator S.V. Ramesh, and Shelly Praveen
 
Subject Tomato, Virus resistance, transgenics, RNAi
 
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Virus-resistant transgenic plants form an essential
constituent of crop protection measures. Tomato
is an important vegetable crop grown throughout
the world for its nutritional benefits and tomatobased
processed food consumption. However, the
production levels of tomato are threatened by many
viral infections. In the absence of resistant tomato
genotypes (where available genetic sources or
resistance are scarce), development of transgenic
resistance to pathogenic viruses is indispensable.
The last couple of decades have witnessed substantial
progress in incorporating virus resistance trait
in tomato. This chapter provides overview of the
strategies and successful instances of transgenic
virus resistance with special emphasis on prominent
viruses infecting tomato. Various approaches
to incorporate virus resistance in tomato from
antisense RNA expression, through various RNA
interference (RNAi) based strategies and foray in
to genome editing techniques are discussed. The
significant achievements made in developing transgenic
resistance to combat Tomato leaf curl viruses,
ground nut bud necrosis virus and Cucumber mosaic
virus are presented. Also, the utility of employing
recently emerging genome editing tool in incorporating
resistance to tomato viruses is also discussed.
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Date 2021-07-30T04:51:57Z
2021-07-30T04:51:57Z
2018-09-01
 
Type Book chapter
 
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http://krishi.icar.gov.in/jspui/handle/123456789/51341
 
Language English
 
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Publisher Caister Academic Press