Late blight, caused by Phytophthora infestans, is an important disease of potato. Potato cv. Defender is the only cultivar with foliar resistance to late blight. However, this cultivar exhibited susceptibility to infection ...

Custom-designed, artificial micro-RNAs are shown to provide targeted suppression of virus replication in infected plants thereby making plants resistant to virus infections

A highly sensitive method was developed and used for determining virus levels and to study the movement and distribution of viruses in infected plants.