Gene pyramiding protects pepper plants from begomoviruses (IMAGE)

Kindai University

Gene pyramiding protects pepper plants from begomoviruses

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These images show how plants with both pepy-1 and Pepy-2 genes can tolerate challenging viral infections much better than plants with only one or none of these resistance genes.

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Associate Professor Sota Koeda from Kindai University, Japan

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