Question

How virus resistance plants are produces?​

Answer 1

Virus resistant transgenic plants(VRTPs), developed by the transfer of transgenes from virus, plant or other origins, have been found resistant to a wide range of viruses. ... Other transgenes of viral origin, which have shown promise are: replicase protein, movement protein, proteases, and antisense sequences.

Answer 2

Transgenic virus-resistant plants were first produced in 1986 by genetically engineering tobacco plants to express the coat protein of tobacco mosaic virus. ... Considerable progress has also been made towards the molecular cloning of natural anti-viral resistance genes in plants.