Developed at The University of Queensland, Plant Viral Shield makes use of a newly discovered RNAi pathway to confer resistance against viral pathogens in plants. Novel, virus-specific pathways confer resistance through silent point mutations or cis-genic techniques. The current technology has a wide range of application for viruses including potyviruses, tospoviruses, cucumoviruses and geminiviruses across a number of economically significant crops including sugarcane, soybean, corn/maize, rice, potato, wheat, cotton, tomato, and other horticultural crops.

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