Tomato mottle mosaic virus (ToMMV) is a major threat to cultivating tomatoes and other solanaceous plants. Here, an infectious clone of the ToMMV Huludao isolate was constructed, and ToMMV infection significantly reduces soluble sugar, soluble phenolic and vitamin C ...
The common cutworm (CCW; Spodoptera litura) is one of the major insect pests of soybean in Asia and Oceania. Although quantitative trail loci related to CCW resistance have been introduced into leading soybean cultivars, these do not exhibit sufficient resistance against CCW. Thus, under...
Marine viruses play a key role in regulating phytoplankton populations, greatly affecting the biogeochemical cycling of major nutrients in the ocean. Resistance to viral infection has been reported for various phytoplankton species under laboratory conditions. Nevertheless, the occurrence of resi...
Rapeseed (Brassica napus) is an important oil resource, but its yield can be significantly compro-mised by Sclerotinia sclerotiorum (S. sclerotiorum) infection. Due to the lack of rapeseed strains that are highly or completely immune to S. sclerotiorum, enhancing rapeseed resistance through genet...