Virus-induced gene silencing (VIGS) in cape gooseberry (Physalis peruviana L., Solanaceae)

Cape gooseberry (Physalis peruviana, L.) is a herbaceous plant belonging to the Solanaceae family that produces an edible berry appreciated for its nutraceutical and pharmaceutical properties. Its production is often limited by diseases and reproducible fruit quality. Recent studies have reported...

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Main Author: Jaime A. Osorio-Guarín, Francy L. García-Arias, Roxana Yockteng
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Published: Pontificia Universidad Javeriana 2019-04-01
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Online Access:https://revistas.javeriana.edu.co/index.php/scientarium/article/view/21347
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description Cape gooseberry (Physalis peruviana, L.) is a herbaceous plant belonging to the Solanaceae family that produces an edible berry appreciated for its nutraceutical and pharmaceutical properties. Its production is often limited by diseases and reproducible fruit quality. Recent studies have reported genes associated with fruit quality and resistance response to the root-infecting fungus Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. physali (Foph,) which causes vascular wilt. In order to standardize a method to validate the biological function of candidate genes in the non-model species P. peruviana, we tested the robust approach in reverse genetics, virus-induced gene silencing (VIGS). In this study, we validated and optimized VIGS using an insert of the phytoene desaturase (PDS) gene in a silencing viral vector generated from tobacco rattle virus (TRV). Leaves infiltrated with Agrobacterium (GV3101 strain) showed photo-bleached segments, which were distinctive for PDS suppression at 7 days post-infection (dpi). More than half of the treated plants showed photo-bleaching, indicating an efficiency rate of 50 % of the VIGS protocol. The results of this study showed that VIGS can be used for future functional gene characterization implicated in the immune response, disease resistance and fruit quality in capegooseberry.
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spelling doaj-art-13be2074ce004c10b232e14cbcb78c5c2025-08-20T02:13:43ZengPontificia Universidad JaverianaUniversitas Scientiarum0122-74832027-13522019-04-0124111113310.11144/Javeriana.SC24-1.vigsVirus-induced gene silencing (VIGS) in cape gooseberry (Physalis peruviana L., Solanaceae)Jaime A. Osorio-Guarín, Francy L. García-Arias, Roxana Yockteng0Corporación Colombiana de Investigación Agropecuaria - Agrosavia, Centro de Investigación Tibaitatá, Km 14 vía Mosquera, Bogotá, Colombia, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, UMR-CNRS 7205, Paris 75005, France.Cape gooseberry (Physalis peruviana, L.) is a herbaceous plant belonging to the Solanaceae family that produces an edible berry appreciated for its nutraceutical and pharmaceutical properties. Its production is often limited by diseases and reproducible fruit quality. Recent studies have reported genes associated with fruit quality and resistance response to the root-infecting fungus Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. physali (Foph,) which causes vascular wilt. In order to standardize a method to validate the biological function of candidate genes in the non-model species P. peruviana, we tested the robust approach in reverse genetics, virus-induced gene silencing (VIGS). In this study, we validated and optimized VIGS using an insert of the phytoene desaturase (PDS) gene in a silencing viral vector generated from tobacco rattle virus (TRV). Leaves infiltrated with Agrobacterium (GV3101 strain) showed photo-bleached segments, which were distinctive for PDS suppression at 7 days post-infection (dpi). More than half of the treated plants showed photo-bleaching, indicating an efficiency rate of 50 % of the VIGS protocol. The results of this study showed that VIGS can be used for future functional gene characterization implicated in the immune response, disease resistance and fruit quality in capegooseberry.https://revistas.javeriana.edu.co/index.php/scientarium/article/view/21347: physalis peruviana; phytoene desaturase; post-transcriptional gene silencing; tobacco rattle virus; virus induced gene silencing.
spellingShingle Jaime A. Osorio-Guarín, Francy L. García-Arias, Roxana Yockteng
Virus-induced gene silencing (VIGS) in cape gooseberry (Physalis peruviana L., Solanaceae)
Universitas Scientiarum
: physalis peruviana; phytoene desaturase; post-transcriptional gene silencing; tobacco rattle virus; virus induced gene silencing.
title Virus-induced gene silencing (VIGS) in cape gooseberry (Physalis peruviana L., Solanaceae)
title_full Virus-induced gene silencing (VIGS) in cape gooseberry (Physalis peruviana L., Solanaceae)
title_fullStr Virus-induced gene silencing (VIGS) in cape gooseberry (Physalis peruviana L., Solanaceae)
title_full_unstemmed Virus-induced gene silencing (VIGS) in cape gooseberry (Physalis peruviana L., Solanaceae)
title_short Virus-induced gene silencing (VIGS) in cape gooseberry (Physalis peruviana L., Solanaceae)
title_sort virus induced gene silencing vigs in cape gooseberry physalis peruviana l solanaceae
topic : physalis peruviana; phytoene desaturase; post-transcriptional gene silencing; tobacco rattle virus; virus induced gene silencing.
url https://revistas.javeriana.edu.co/index.php/scientarium/article/view/21347
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