Fabio Pasin

This paper develops bioluminescent plants that detect viral infections through spectral changes, using a protease-responsive circuit triggered by viral proteases.

This study designs virus-delivered short RNA inserts (vsRNAi) for gene silencing in plants, showing effectiveness in Nicotiana benthamiana and crops like tomato and scarlet eggplant.

The paper shows that U/CBSV requires host-specific ITPase activity for infectivity in cassava but not in Nicotiana benthamiana, and that viral RdRP-ITPase binding optimizes fitness.