Geminiviruses and Food Security: A Molecular Genetics Perspective for Sustainable Agriculture in Africa.

Minenhle Felicia Zenda, Priscilla Masamba, Farhahna Allie, Abidemi Paul Kappo

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Minenhle Felicia ZendaDepartment of Biochemistry, Auckland Park Kingsway Campus, University of Johannesburg, P.O. Box 524, Johannesburg 2006, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0003-2987-3756

Priscilla MasambaDepartment of Biochemistry, Auckland Park Kingsway Campus, University of Johannesburg, P.O. Box 524, Johannesburg 2006, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0003-1329-1057

Farhahna AllieDepartment of Biochemistry, Auckland Park Kingsway Campus, University of Johannesburg, P.O. Box 524, Johannesburg 2006, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0001-8518-1936

Abidemi Paul KappoDepartment of Biochemistry, Auckland Park Kingsway Campus, University of Johannesburg, P.O. Box 524, Johannesburg 2006, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0003-2521-8957

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Abstract

The African continent is vulnerable to food insecurity. Increased food costs, job losses, and climate change force Africans to chronic hunger. Biotechnology can be used to mitigate this by using techniques such as CRISPR/Cas9 systems, TALENs, and ZFNs. Biotechnology can utilize geminiviruses to deliver the necessary reagents for precise genome alteration. Additionally, plants infected with geminiviruses can withstand harsher weather conditions such as drought. Therefore, this article discusses geminivirus replication and its use as beneficial plant DNA viruses. It focuses explicitly on genome editing to increase plant resistance by manipulating plants' salicylic acid and jasmonic acid pathways.

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Africaagriculturecrop improvementfood securityGeminivirusesgenome editing

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PMID39409638

DOI10.3390/plants13192768

PMCPMC11478365

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