title: Engineering Dual Begomovirus-Bemisia tabaci Resistance in Plants.
abstract: The whitefly Bemisia tabaci is an important pest of many economically important crops and the vector of begomoviruses (family Geminiviridae). Recently, the expression of insecticidal proteins and/or toxins or double-stranded (ds)RNA homologous to B. tabaci genes has been demonstrated to provide the plant with protection against B. tabaci and the viruses that it transmits.
authors.affiliation: National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering (NIBGE), Faisalabad, Pakistan.
authors.forename: Syed Shan-E-Ali
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Zaidi
authors.affiliation: National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering (NIBGE), Faisalabad, Pakistan.
authors.forename: Rob W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Briddon
authors.affiliation: National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering (NIBGE), Faisalabad, Pakistan. Electronic address: shahidmansoor7@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Shahid
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mansoor
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D053839:Begomovirus / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D018556:Crops, Agricultural / Q000235:genetics / Q000382:microbiology / Q000469:parasitology; D005818:Genetic Engineering / Q000379:methods*; D006430:Hemiptera / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D010935:Plant Diseases / Q000235:genetics / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000469:parasitology*; D057865:Plant Immunity / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology
keywords: Begomovirus; Bemisia tabaci; Geminivirus; cotton; virus resistance; whitefly