Integration of Transcriptomic approaches towards understanding Begomovirus Infection in Plants

Abstract

Begomoviruses are considered as the destructive plant virus genus. During plant-virus interactions, begomovirus alters several cellular and physiological pathways by changing the gene expression. To understand these interactions with host plants, transcriptomic methods are adopted by many researchers. Significant changes in the expression of transcripts are found to be associated with biochemical pathways. Viral infection begins a complex interaction between the virus and the host. Unravelling these interactions can be helpful in the development of effective strategies for the virus control. In recent years, RNA sequencing and microarray studies have been applied extensively to know the response of plant hosts to viral infection. We aimed to identify important differentially expressed genes in host plants under begomovirus infection. In this present review, we focused on begomovirus-plat interactions with the help of transcriptomic analysis which will be helpful for scientific community to better understand the mechanisms of host against begomovirus species.