Genes for resistance against geminiviruses
Geminiviruses are single stranded DNA viruses causing important diseases in cassava, maize and other cereals. Coat protein in these viruses is not necessary for infection, so that the coat protein genes do not provide protection against these viruses. There are atleast three examples of transgenic plants produced to provide resistance against individual geminiviruses:
(i) Tobacco plants (Nicotiana benthamiana) transformed with AC2 gene (necessary for viral replication) of tomato golden mosaic viruses (TGMV), in the antisense orientation, showed good level of resistance against TGMV infection.


