Multiplexed editing of a begomovirus genome restricts escape mutant formation and disease development.

Whitefly-transmitted begomoviruses cause serious damage to many economically important food, feed, and fiber crops. Numerous vegetable crops are severely affected and chilli leaf curl virus (ChiLCV) is the most dominant and widely distributed begomovirus in chilli (Capsicum annuum) throughout the In...

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Main Authors: Anirban Roy, Ying Zhai, Jessica Ortiz, Michael Neff, Bikash Mandal, Sunil Kumar Mukherjee, Hanu R Pappu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0223765