Geminiviruses and Food Security: A Molecular Genetics Perspective for Sustainable Agriculture in Africa
The African continent is vulnerable to food insecurity. Increased food costs, job losses, and climate change force Africans to chronic hunger. Biotechnology can be used to mitigate this by using techniques such as CRISPR/Cas9 systems, TALENs, and ZFNs. Biotechnology can utilize geminiviruses to deli...
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| description | The African continent is vulnerable to food insecurity. Increased food costs, job losses, and climate change force Africans to chronic hunger. Biotechnology can be used to mitigate this by using techniques such as CRISPR/Cas9 systems, TALENs, and ZFNs. Biotechnology can utilize geminiviruses to deliver the necessary reagents for precise genome alteration. Additionally, plants infected with geminiviruses can withstand harsher weather conditions such as drought. Therefore, this article discusses geminivirus replication and its use as beneficial plant DNA viruses. It focuses explicitly on genome editing to increase plant resistance by manipulating plants’ salicylic acid and jasmonic acid pathways. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-2adcae1197df4c5e9ffb6c19f45e4ec62025-08-20T01:47:37ZengMDPI AGPlants2223-77472024-10-011319276810.3390/plants13192768Geminiviruses and Food Security: A Molecular Genetics Perspective for Sustainable Agriculture in AfricaMinenhle Felicia Zenda0Priscilla Masamba1Farhahna Allie2Abidemi Paul Kappo3Department of Biochemistry, Auckland Park Kingsway Campus, University of Johannesburg, P.O. Box 524, Johannesburg 2006, South AfricaDepartment of Biochemistry, Auckland Park Kingsway Campus, University of Johannesburg, P.O. Box 524, Johannesburg 2006, South AfricaDepartment of Biochemistry, Auckland Park Kingsway Campus, University of Johannesburg, P.O. Box 524, Johannesburg 2006, South AfricaDepartment of Biochemistry, Auckland Park Kingsway Campus, University of Johannesburg, P.O. Box 524, Johannesburg 2006, South AfricaThe African continent is vulnerable to food insecurity. Increased food costs, job losses, and climate change force Africans to chronic hunger. Biotechnology can be used to mitigate this by using techniques such as CRISPR/Cas9 systems, TALENs, and ZFNs. Biotechnology can utilize geminiviruses to deliver the necessary reagents for precise genome alteration. Additionally, plants infected with geminiviruses can withstand harsher weather conditions such as drought. Therefore, this article discusses geminivirus replication and its use as beneficial plant DNA viruses. It focuses explicitly on genome editing to increase plant resistance by manipulating plants’ salicylic acid and jasmonic acid pathways.https://www.mdpi.com/2223-7747/13/19/2768Geminivirusesfood securitygenome editingagricultureAfricacrop improvement |
| spellingShingle | Minenhle Felicia Zenda Priscilla Masamba Farhahna Allie Abidemi Paul Kappo Geminiviruses and Food Security: A Molecular Genetics Perspective for Sustainable Agriculture in Africa Plants Geminiviruses food security genome editing agriculture Africa crop improvement |
| title | Geminiviruses and Food Security: A Molecular Genetics Perspective for Sustainable Agriculture in Africa |
| title_full | Geminiviruses and Food Security: A Molecular Genetics Perspective for Sustainable Agriculture in Africa |
| title_fullStr | Geminiviruses and Food Security: A Molecular Genetics Perspective for Sustainable Agriculture in Africa |
| title_full_unstemmed | Geminiviruses and Food Security: A Molecular Genetics Perspective for Sustainable Agriculture in Africa |
| title_short | Geminiviruses and Food Security: A Molecular Genetics Perspective for Sustainable Agriculture in Africa |
| title_sort | geminiviruses and food security a molecular genetics perspective for sustainable agriculture in africa |
| topic | Geminiviruses food security genome editing agriculture Africa crop improvement |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2223-7747/13/19/2768 |
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