Table 1.
Viruses used for silencing of genes and their hosts with targeted genes are listed.
| Viruse/viruse type | Silencing host species | Group | Genes silenced | Natural host species | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tobacco mosaic virus (TMV)/RNA virus | Nicotiana | Tobamovirus | pds | Tomato, squash, potato, tobacco | |
| benthamiana, | [11] | ||||
| nicotiana tabacum | |||||
| Potato virus X (PVX)/RNA virus | Nicotiana | Potexvirus | pds | Potato, oilseed, rape | |
| benthamiana, | [21, 22] | ||||
| Arabidopsis | |||||
| Tobacco rattle virus (TRV)/RNA virus | Nicotiana | Tobravirus | Rar1, EDS1, NPR1/NIM1 pds, rbcS, | Spinach, beet, potato, tobacco | |
| benthamiana, tomato, | |||||
| Arabidopsi, solanum species, | [14, 16, 23–25] | ||||
| chilli pepper, opium poppy, | |||||
| Aquilegia vulgaris | |||||
| Barly stripe mosaic virus (BSMV) RNA virus | Barley | Hordeivirus | pds, Lr21, Rar1, Sgt1, Hsp90 | Barley, wheat | [26, 27] |
| Bean pod mottle virus (BPMV)/RNA virus | Glycine max | Comovirus | pds | Phaseolus vulgaris,glycine max | [28] |
| Pea early browning virus (PEBV)/RNA viruse | Pisum sativu, | Tobravirus | pspds, uni, kor, pds | Pisum sativum, | |
| Medicago truncatula, | Phaseolus | [29, 30] | |||
| Lathyrus odorata | vulgaris | ||||
| Satellite tobaccomosaic virus (STMV)/Satellite virus | Nicotiana tabacum | RNA satellite virus | pds, rbcS, rbcL and various genes | Nicotiana glauca, pepper | [31] |
| Poplar mosaic virus (PopMV)/RNA virus | Poplar | Carlavirus | gfp | Nicotiana | [32] |
| benthamiana | |||||
| Brome mosaic virus (BMV)/RNA virus | Barley, rice, maize | Bromovirus | pds, actin 1, rubisco activase | Barley | [33] |
| Tobacco golden mosaic virus (TGMV)/DNA virus | Nicotiana | Begomovirus | su | Tomato | [34] |
| benthamiana, | |||||
| Tomato bushy shunt virus (TBSV)/RNA virus | Nicotiana | Tombusvirus | gfp | Lycopersicon esculentum | [35] |
| benthamiana, | |||||
| Cabbage leaf curl virus (CaLCuV)/DNA | Arabidopsis | Begomovirus | CH42, pds | Cabbage, | |
| broccoli, | [36] | ||||
| cauliflower | |||||
| African cassava mosaic virus (ACMV)/DNA virus | Nicotiana | Begomovirus | pds, su, cyp79d2 | Manihot esculenta | |
| benthamiana, | [37] | ||||
| Manihot esculenta | |||||
| Tomato yellow leaf curl China Virus (TYLCV)/DNA virus | Nicotiana benthamiana, | DNAbeta satellite DNA | pcna, pds, su, gfp | Tomato | |
| Lycopersicon esculentum, | [38] | ||||
| N. glutinosa, | |||||
| N. tabacum |