Engineering Maize rayado fino virus for virus‐induced gene silencing

Abstract Maize rayado fino virus (MRFV) is the type species of the genus Marafivirus in the family Tymoviridae. It infects maize (Zea mays), its natural host, to which it is transmitted by leafhoppers including Dalbulus maidis and Graminella nigrifrons in a persistent‐propagative manner. The MRFV mo...

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Main Authors: Sizolwenkosi Mlotshwa, Junhuan Xu, Kristen Willie, Nitika Khatri, DeeMarie Marty, Lucy R. Stewart
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2020-08-01
Series:Plant Direct
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/pld3.224