Utilization of engineered resistance to viruses in crops of the developing world, with emphasis on sub-Saharan Africa

Viral diseases in crop plants constitute a major obstacle to food security in the developing world. Subsistence crops, including cassava, sweetpotato, potato, banana, papaya, common bean, rice and maize are often infected with RNA and/or DNA viruses that cannot be controlled with pesticides. Hence,...

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Autores principales: Kreuze, Jan F., Valkonen, Jari
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Elsevier 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/83097
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Valkonen, Jari
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description Viral diseases in crop plants constitute a major obstacle to food security in the developing world. Subsistence crops, including cassava, sweetpotato, potato, banana, papaya, common bean, rice and maize are often infected with RNA and/or DNA viruses that cannot be controlled with pesticides. Hence, healthy planting materials and virus-resistant cultivars are essential for high yields of good quality. However, resistance genes are not available for all viral diseases of crop plants. Therefore, virus resistance engineered in plants using modern biotechnology methods is an important addition to the crop production toolbox.
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spelling CGSpace830972024-05-01T08:18:50Z Utilization of engineered resistance to viruses in crops of the developing world, with emphasis on sub-Saharan Africa Kreuze, Jan F. Valkonen, Jari crops developing countries engineering cassava sweet potatoes potatoes rice maize papayas bananas kidney beans rna viruses viruses Viral diseases in crop plants constitute a major obstacle to food security in the developing world. Subsistence crops, including cassava, sweetpotato, potato, banana, papaya, common bean, rice and maize are often infected with RNA and/or DNA viruses that cannot be controlled with pesticides. Hence, healthy planting materials and virus-resistant cultivars are essential for high yields of good quality. However, resistance genes are not available for all viral diseases of crop plants. Therefore, virus resistance engineered in plants using modern biotechnology methods is an important addition to the crop production toolbox. 2017-10-01 2017-08-14T16:38:01Z 2017-08-14T16:38:01Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/83097 en Open Access Elsevier Kreuze, J.F.; Valkonen, J.P.T. 2017. Utilization of engineered resistance to viruses in crops of the developing world, with emphasis on sub-Saharan Africa. Current Opinion in Virology. (UK). ISSN 1879-6257. 26:90-97.
spellingShingle crops
developing countries
engineering
cassava
sweet potatoes
potatoes
rice
maize
papayas
bananas
kidney beans
rna viruses
viruses
Kreuze, Jan F.
Valkonen, Jari
Utilization of engineered resistance to viruses in crops of the developing world, with emphasis on sub-Saharan Africa
title Utilization of engineered resistance to viruses in crops of the developing world, with emphasis on sub-Saharan Africa
title_full Utilization of engineered resistance to viruses in crops of the developing world, with emphasis on sub-Saharan Africa
title_fullStr Utilization of engineered resistance to viruses in crops of the developing world, with emphasis on sub-Saharan Africa
title_full_unstemmed Utilization of engineered resistance to viruses in crops of the developing world, with emphasis on sub-Saharan Africa
title_short Utilization of engineered resistance to viruses in crops of the developing world, with emphasis on sub-Saharan Africa
title_sort utilization of engineered resistance to viruses in crops of the developing world with emphasis on sub saharan africa
topic crops
developing countries
engineering
cassava
sweet potatoes
potatoes
rice
maize
papayas
bananas
kidney beans
rna viruses
viruses
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/83097
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