Virus infection alters phytohormone signaling and insect vector contact with hosts. Increased vector contact and movement among plants should increase virus survival and host range. Here, the research was focused on TuMV and PEMV and their vectors.
Publications
Bera S, Blundell R, Liang D, Crowder D.W, Casteel C.
J Chem Ecol. , vol. 46, 2020
Lee B, Basu S, Bera S, Casteel CL, Crowder DW
Oecologia, vol. 196, 2021
The potyviral protein 6K1 reduces plant protease activity during Turnip mosaic virus infection.
Bera S, Arena GD, Ray S, Flannigan S, Casteel CL
bioRxiv, 2021
Plant proteases mediate 6K1 turnover during Turnip mosaic virus infection
Bera S, Arena GD, Jiang J, Ray S, Flannigan S, Casteel C
American Society of Plant Biology, 2021
Basu S, Lee B, Clark RE, Bera S, Casteel CL, Crowder DW
bioRxiv, 2021
Basu S, Clark RE, Bera S, Casteel CL, Crowder DW.
Mol Ecol., 2021