Use of Posttranscription Gene Silencing in Squash to Induce Resistance against the Egyptian Isolate of the Squash Leaf Curl Virus
Joint Authors
Taha, Omnia
Farouk, Inas
Abdallah, Abdelhadi
Abdallah, Naglaa A.
Source
International Journal of Genomics
Issue
Vol. 2016, Issue 2016 (31 Dec. 2016), pp.1-9, 9 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2016-03-13
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
9
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Squash leaf curl virus (SqLCV) is a bipartite begomovirus affecting squash plants.
It is transmitted by whitefly Bemisia tabaci biotype B causing severe leaf curling, vein banding, and molting ending by stunting.
In this study full-length genomic clone of SqLCV Egyptian isolated and posttranscriptional gene silencing (PTGS) has been induced to develop virus resistance.
The Noubaria SqLCV has more than 95% homology with Jordon, Israel, Lebanon, Palestine, and Cairo isolates.
Two genes fragment from SqLCV introduced in sense and antisense orientations using pFGC5049 vector to be expressed as hairpin RNA.
The first fragment was 348 bp from replication associated protein gene (Rep).
The second fragment was 879 bp representing the full sequence of the movement protein gene (BC1).
Using real-time PCR, a silencing record of 97% has been recorded to Rep/TrAP construct; as a result it has prevented the appearance of viral symptoms in most tested plants up to two months after infection, while construct containing the BC1 gene scored a reduction in the accumulation of viral genome expression as appearing in real-time PCR results 4.6-fold giving a silencing of 79%, which had a positive effect on symptoms development in most tested plants.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Taha, Omnia& Farouk, Inas& Abdallah, Abdelhadi& Abdallah, Naglaa A.. 2016. Use of Posttranscription Gene Silencing in Squash to Induce Resistance against the Egyptian Isolate of the Squash Leaf Curl Virus. International Journal of Genomics،Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1106171
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Taha, Omnia…[et al.]. Use of Posttranscription Gene Silencing in Squash to Induce Resistance against the Egyptian Isolate of the Squash Leaf Curl Virus. International Journal of Genomics No. 2016 (2016), pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1106171
American Medical Association (AMA)
Taha, Omnia& Farouk, Inas& Abdallah, Abdelhadi& Abdallah, Naglaa A.. Use of Posttranscription Gene Silencing in Squash to Induce Resistance against the Egyptian Isolate of the Squash Leaf Curl Virus. International Journal of Genomics. 2016. Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1106171
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1106171