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Book SynopsisThis volume aims at providing a complete and updated overview of gene downregulation in plants performed through virus-induced gene silencing (VIGS).
Table of Contents1. Virus-induced Gene Silencing in Lilies using Cucumber Mosaic Virus Vectors
Keisuke Tasaki, Masumi Yamagishi, and Chikara Masuta
2. Virus-Induced Gene Silencing in Poaceae Using a Foxtail Mosaic Virus Vector
Ying-Wen Huang, Chao-Yuan Chang, and Yau-Heiu Hsu
3. Virus-Induced Gene Silencing (VIGS) in Chili Pepper (Capsicum spp.)
Magda Lisette Arce-Rodríguez and Neftalí Ochoa-Alejo
4. Virus-Induced Gene Silencing in Diploid and Tetraploid Potato Species
Jinping Zhao, Haolang Jiang, Guanyu Wang, Zonghua Wang, Jingao Dong, and Junqi Song
5. Virus Induced Gene Silencing (VIGS) in Cassava using Geminivirus Agroclones
Syed Shan-e-Ali Zaidi, Kumar Vasudevan, Ezequiel Matias Lentz, and Hervé Vanderschuren
6. Virus Induced Gene Silencing of Cell Wall Genes in Flax (Linum usitatissimum)
Maxime Chantreau and Godfrey Neutelings
7. Virus-Induced Gene Silencing to Investigate Alkaloid Biosynthesis in Opium Poppy
Rongji Chen, Xue Chen, Jillian M. Hagel, and Peter J. Facchini
8. A Biolistic-mediated Virus-Induced Gene Silencing in Apocynaceae to Map Biosynthetic Pathways of Alkaloids
Pamela Lemos Cruz, María Isabel Restrepo, Thomas Dugé de Bernonville, Audrey Oudin, Thibault Munsch, Arnaud Lanoue, Sébastien Besseau, Lucia Atehortùa, Nathalie Giglioli-Guivarc’h, Nicolas Papon, Marc Clastre, Inês Carqueijeiro, and Vincent Courdavault
9. Virus Induced Gene Silencing in Nepeta
Lira Palmer and Sarah E. O’Connor
10. Virus Induced Gene Silencing in Sweet basil (Ocimum basilicum)
Rajesh Chandra Misra, Shubha Sharma, Anchal Garg and Sumit Ghosh
11. Virus-Induced Gene Silencing for Gene Function Studies in Withania somnifera, an Important Indian Medicinal Plant
Dikki Pedenla Bomzan, H.B. Shilpashree, Anjali P., Sarma Rajeev Kumar, and Dinesh A. Nagegowda
12. A Prunus necrotic ringspot virus (PNRSV)-based Viral Vector for Characterization of Gene Functions in Prunus Fruit Trees
Hongguang Cui, Yinzi Li, and Aiming Wang
13. Virus-Induced Gene Silencing in Olive Tree (Oleaceae)
Konstantinos Koudounas, Margarita Thomopoulou, Elisavet Angeli, Dikran Tsitsekian, Stamatis Rigas, and Polydefkis Hatzopoulos
14. ALSV-based Virus-Induced Gene Silencing in Apple Tree (Malus x domestica L.)
Carolina Werner Ribeiro, Thomas Dugé de Bernonville, Gaëlle Glévarec, Arnaud Lanoue, Audrey Oudin, Olivier Pichon, Benoit St-Pierre, Vincent Courdavault, and Sébastien Besseau
15. Virus-Induced Gene Silencing for Functional Analysis of Flower Traits in Petunia
Shaun R. Broderick, Laura J. Chapin, and Michelle L. Jones
16. Virus-induced Gene Silencing in Rose Flowers
Huijun Yan, Zhao Zhang, Jean-Louis Magnard, Benoît Boachon, Sylvie Baudino, and Kaixue Tang
17. Virus-induced Gene Silencing (VIGS) in Flax (
Linum usitatissimum L.) Seedcoat: Description of an Effective Procedure using the
transparent testa 2 Gene as a Selectable Marker
Christophe Hano, Samantha Drouet, and Eric Lainé
18. Virus-Based microRNA Silencing in Plants
Jinping Zhao, Guanyu Wang, Haolang Jiang, Tingli Liu, Jingao Dong, Zonghua Wang, Baolong Zhang, and Junqi Song
