Zhaoji Dai

This paper develops a TelMV-based vector for gene expression and silencing in passion fruit, enabling functional genomic studies in this crop.

The paper shows that potyvirids can naturally lose their silencing suppressor coding sequences, reducing pathogenicity and enabling long-term plant-virus coexistence through genomic deletion.

This study identifies a conserved lysine/arginine-rich motif in potyviral 6K1 protein that mediates autophagy-mediated self-degradation, essential for viral infection.