Figure 1.

Tropical crops engineered for virus resistance. The boxes are colored according to the plant family. Each box contains one crop species and the acronyms in the box indicate the virus(es) against which resistance was engineered. Viruses with acronyms of the same color are members of the same family. The viruses highlighted in bold are discussed in this paper. BGMV, bean golden mosaic virus; BSV, banana streak virus; CABMV, cowpea aphid borne mosaic virus; CBSVs, cassava brown streak virus and Ugandan cassava brown streak virus; CMV, cucumber mosaic virus; CaMVs, cassava mosaic viruses; MSV, maize streak virus; MCMV, maize chlorotic mottle virus; PWV, passionfruit woodiness virus; RDV, rice dwarf virus; RSV, rice stripe virus; RTBV, rice tungro bacilliform virus; RYMV, rice yellow mottle virus; SbDV, soybean dwarf virus; SCMV, sugar cane mosaic virus; SgMV, sorghum mosaic virus; SPCSV, sweetpotato chlorotic stunt virus; SPFMV, sweet potato feathery mottle virus; TLCV, tomato leaf curl virus; TSWV, tomato spotted wilt virus.