Research Article
Use of Posttranscription Gene Silencing in Squash to Induce Resistance against the Egyptian Isolate of the Squash Leaf Curl Virus
Table 1
Symptom severity of SqLCV during 2 months on infiltrated squash plants after SqLCV-viruliferous whiteflies feed on it.
| | Treatment | Total number of plants treated | Symptoms after 1 month | Symptoms after 1 month | | No symptoms | + | ++ | +++ | No symptoms | + | ++ | +++ |
| | pFGC-BC1 construct | 5 | 2/5 | 3/5 | 0/5 | 0/5 | 1/5 | 3/5 | 1/5 | 0/5 | | pFGC-Rep/TrAP construct | 5 | 5/5 | 0/5 | 0/5 | 0/5 | 4/5 | 1/5 | 0/5 | 0/5 | | pFGC5041 empty vector | 5 | 0/5 | 2/5 | 3/5 | 0/5 | 0/5 | 0/5 | 1/5 | 4/5 | | −ve control untreated | 5 | 5/5 | 0/5 | 0/5 | 0/5 | 5/5 | 0/5 | 0/5 | 0/5 |
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