Latest advances in the use of double-stranded RNA as tool for viral protection in tomato plants. Lately, great attention has been diverted to elucidating the mechanisms underlining plant gene silencing and the action of non-coding RNA in plants. Concomitantly, knowledge about the intera...

Tropical application of double-stranded RNA molecules targeting the nucleocapside gene confers protection against groundnut ringspot virus. Groundnut ringspot virus (GRSV) is a devastating plant pathogen that causes huge crop losses worldwide. In Brazil, the disease is known as 'vira-cabeça do...

Sequencing analysis reveals that peppers is a potencial new host for potato leafroll virus. Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) and pepper (Capsicum annuum) are among the most important vegetable crops worldwide. However, these crops are severely affected by multiple viral diseases. To survey the&...

The objective of this pre-breeding activity of the Brazilian potato breeding project was to obtain superior bacterial wilt (BW)-resistant clones free from undesirable traits found on wild species.