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Plant gene silencing is a crucially important phenomenon in gene expression and epigenetics, and one of the most exciting discoveries of recent decades. This book brings together international experts to describe the science underlying it, and its applications in producing better plants. The book examines the detail of how transgenes induce post-transcriptional or trascriptional silencing. It also describes which genes are involved in these processes, and the production of small RNA molecules and their movement within plants. The involvement of viruses in silencing and factors affecting the hybrids used in agriculture are covered, along with silencing in fungi and algae. Strategies to produce artificial small RNAs are explained, with their use in improving industrial traits, adding nutritional benefits, removing allergens and other valuable factors for consumers. The book also explains how gene silencing can be used to protect plants against bacterial and viral pathogens, weeds and pests. Plant gene silencing is a fascinating biological subject with enormous potential and this is the first book to bring those aspects together.

Gene Silencing --- Gene Expression Regulation, Plant

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Plant viruses impose a serious threat on agriculture, which motivates extensive breeding efforts for viral resistant crops and inspires lasting interests on basic research to understand the mechanisms underlying plant immunity against viruses. Viruses are obligate intracellular parasites. Their genomes are usually small and only encode a few products that are essential to hijack host machinery for their nucleotide and protein biosynthesis, and that are necessary to suppress host immunity. Plants evolved multilayers of defense mechanisms to defeat viral infection. In this research topic, we gathered 13 papers covering recent advances in different aspects of plant immunity against viruses, including reviews on RNA silencing and R gene based immunity and their application, translational initiation factor mediated recessive resistance, genome editing based viral immunity, role of chloroplast in plant-virus interaction, and research articles providing new mechanistic insights on plant-virus interactions. We hope that this Research Topic helps readers to have a better understanding of the progresses that have been made recently in plant immunity against viruses. A deeper understanding of plant antiviral immunity will facilitate the development of innovative approaches for crop protections and improvements.

Virus --- Hormone --- Plant Immunity --- NBS-LRR --- Soybean mosaic virus --- Cucumber mosaic virus --- Genome editing --- RNA silencing --- Chloroplast --- Recessive Resistance --- Virus --- Hormone --- Plant Immunity --- NBS-LRR --- Soybean mosaic virus --- Cucumber mosaic virus --- Genome editing --- RNA silencing --- Chloroplast --- Recessive Resistance

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Plant viruses impose a serious threat on agriculture, which motivates extensive breeding efforts for viral resistant crops and inspires lasting interests on basic research to understand the mechanisms underlying plant immunity against viruses. Viruses are obligate intracellular parasites. Their genomes are usually small and only encode a few products that are essential to hijack host machinery for their nucleotide and protein biosynthesis, and that are necessary to suppress host immunity. Plants evolved multilayers of defense mechanisms to defeat viral infection. In this research topic, we gathered 13 papers covering recent advances in different aspects of plant immunity against viruses, including reviews on RNA silencing and R gene based immunity and their application, translational initiation factor mediated recessive resistance, genome editing based viral immunity, role of chloroplast in plant-virus interaction, and research articles providing new mechanistic insights on plant-virus interactions. We hope that this Research Topic helps readers to have a better understanding of the progresses that have been made recently in plant immunity against viruses. A deeper understanding of plant antiviral immunity will facilitate the development of innovative approaches for crop protections and improvements.

Virus --- Hormone --- Plant Immunity --- NBS-LRR --- Soybean mosaic virus --- Cucumber mosaic virus --- Genome editing --- RNA silencing --- Chloroplast --- Recessive Resistance