Claim · model-written summary
The authors conclude that silencing of ALAD induces stress in plants.
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t0“of citrus”
e0“silencing of ALAD induces stress in plants”
Title
Nabil Killiny; Faraj Hijaz; Yasser Nehela; et al. Plant Direct 2018. doi:10.1002/pld3.72
Other claims from this paper (4)
- Intervention effect Delta-aminolevulinic acid accumulated in citrus plants inoculated with the recombinant virus CTV-tALAD that silences ALAD.
- Intervention effect CTV-tALAD plants developed discrete yellow spots (yellow islands) and necrosis in leaves and stems.
- Mechanism The authors interpret the increased zeaxanthin and decreased precursors as showing that the chlorophyll reduction resulted in light damage.
- Method / resource VIGS using mild CTV strains is proposed as a promising technique to study the biological function of citrus genes.