Tobamoviruses: old and new threats to tomato cultivation

Mosaic diseases caused by tobamoviruses have posed significant threats to tomato production. In this review, we overview studies of tomato mosaic diseases published over the past century, which have led to several important discoveries in plant virology, such as the application of attenuated strains...

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Published inJournal of general plant pathology : JGPP Vol. 89; no. 6; pp. 305 - 321
Main Authors Ishibashi, Kazuhiro, Kubota, Kenji, Kano, Akihito, Ishikawa, Masayuki
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Singapore Springer Nature Singapore 01.11.2023
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Agriculture
Biomedical and Life Sciences
Cultivation
Disease resistance
Fruit cultivation
Life Sciences
Microbiology
Plant Pathology
Plant virus diseases
Plant viruses
Review
Tomatoes
Tobamovirus
Tomato brown rugose fruit virus
Tomato mosaic virus
Tobacco mosaic virus
Tomato mottle mosaic virus
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Summary:Mosaic diseases caused by tobamoviruses have posed significant threats to tomato production. In this review, we overview studies of tomato mosaic diseases published over the past century, which have led to several important discoveries in plant virology, such as the application of attenuated strains. A resistance breeding program established in the 1970s successfully controlled tomato mosaic virus for over 40 years; however, newly emerging tobamoviruses are posing serious challenges in current tomato production. We introduce recent biotechnological attempts to engineer tobamovirus-resistant tomato plants, which offer promising technologies for eradicating the current outbreak.
ISSN:1345-2630
1610-739X
DOI:10.1007/s10327-023-01141-5