Tomato Yellow Leaf Curl Sardinia Virus Increases Drought Tolerance of Tomato

• Published in: International journal of molecular sciences Vol. 24; no. 3; p. 2893
• Main Authors: Sacco Botto, Camilla, Matić, Slavica, Moine, Amedeo, Chitarra, Walter, Nerva, Luca, D’Errico, Chiara, Pagliarani, Chiara, Noris, Emanuela
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 02.02.2023; MDPI
• Subjects: Abiotic stress; Begomovirus - genetics; Drought; Drought Resistance; Experiments; Flowers & plants; Heat; Infections; Metabolism; Plant Diseases; Plant growth; Proteins; Solanum lycopersicum; Tomatoes; Viral infections; Viruses; Water shortages; hormone signaling; recovery; Solanum lycopersicum; geminivirus; gene expression

Drought stress is one of the major physiological stress factors that adversely affect agricultural production, altering critical features of plant growth and metabolism. Plants can be subjected simultaneously to abiotic and biotic stresses, such as drought and viral infections. Rewarding effects pro...