Enhanced antiviral defense against begomoviral infection in Nicotiana benthamiana through strategic utilization of fluorescent carbon quantum dots to activate plant immunity.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Owing to their unique physiochemical properties, low toxicity, antipathogenic effects and tunability, fluorescent carbon quantum dots (CQDs) represent a new generation of carbon-based nanomaterials. Despite the mounting research on the efficacy of CQDs against resilient plant pathogens, their potential ability to mitigate viral pathogens and the underlying molecular mechanism(s) remain understudied. In this study, we optimized the CQDs to maximize their antiviral effects against a highly pathogenic Begomovirus (cotton leaf curl Multan virus, CLCuMuV) and elucidated the mechanistic pathways associated with CQDs-mediated viral inhibition. To fine-tune the CQDs-induced antiviral effects against CLCuMuV and investigate the underlying molecular mechanisms,we used HR-TEM, XRD,

SUBMITTER: Farooq T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11562592 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature