Abstract The purpose of this study was to determine whether zinc phosphate treatments tomato plants ( Solanum lycopersicum L.) can attenuate bacterial speck disease severity through reduction Pseudomonas syringae pv. Pst ) growth in planta and induce morphological biochemical plant defence responses. Tomato were treated with 10 ppm (25.90 µM) then spray inoculated strain DAPP-PG 215, race 0 . D...

Rice grassy stunt virus (RGSV) is a serious threat to rice production in Southeast Asia. RGSV is a member of the genus Tenuivirus, and it induces leaf yellowing, stunting, and excess tillering on rice plants. Here we examined gene responses of rice to RGSV infection to gain insight into the gene responses which might be associated with the disease symptoms. The results indicated that (1) many g...

Virus-induced gene silencing (VIGS) is a powerful technique to study gene function in plants. However, very few VIGS vectors are available for monocot plants. Here we report that Foxtail mosaic virus (FoMV) can be engineered as an effective VIGS system to induce efficient silencing of endogenous genes in monocot plants including barley (Hordeum vulgare L.), wheat (Triticum aestivum) and foxtail...