Academic Research

Academician Shyi-Dong Yeh and his team introduced mutations into the HC-Pro protein of East Asian Passiflora virus (EAPV) and generated two attenuated mutants, I181N397 and I8N397. In cross-protection assays, these mutants provided nearly 100% protection in passionfruit plants against severe EAPV strains and showed strong potential for application in passionfruit-growing areas in Taiwan and Vietnam. The study was published in Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions (Chong et al., 2023).

Article source: https://apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/full/10.1094/MPMI-11-22-0238-R