Viruses infecting vegetables are one of the major menaces for global food security due to the associated reduction of crop yield, quality, and market price. With the rapid evolution and diversity of plant viruses, climate change, and global trade, the requirement for detection, identification, and management strategies has beenintensified. Bioinformatics has become a highly effective tool in plant virology, providing tools and databases to aid understanding of virus genomics, host-virusinteractions, and resistance. A summary of recent important bioinformatics tools and databases ispresented in this chapter that will aid in understanding the functional genomics associated with infection in crops. Several sequence analysis software tools, including BLAST and Clustal Omega, are available for the detection andphylogeny of virus genomes. GenBank, EMBL, and RefSeq storelarge collections of viral nucleotide and amino acid sequences, including specialized resources such as Virus-Host DB and ViPR (Virus Pathogen Resource). Furthermore, resources such as RNAcentral and sRNAtoolsfacilitate the analysis of viral small RNAs and their implication in host gene regulation. Recent progress in next-generation sequencing (NGS) and metagenomics, combined with pipelines like Galaxy, VirusDetect, and VirFind, is resourceful in detecting new and emerging viruses infecting vegetable crops. Genome editing and breeding programs, CRISPR-related prediction tools, and resistance gene databases can assist breeders in creating virus-resistant varieties. The ongoing development of bioinformatics applications, particularly in the field of plant virology, has made it more crucial for the long-term development of control and disease management strategies as well as the early detection of viruses in agricultural settings.

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Bioinformatics Tools and Databases for Studying Vegetable-Infecting Viruses

  • Adrij Pawan Neog,
  • Archita Bordoloi,
  • Uchakankhi Kashyap,
  • Darshana Goswami,
  • Nima D. Namsa

摘要

Viruses infecting vegetables are one of the major menaces for global food security due to the associated reduction of crop yield, quality, and market price. With the rapid evolution and diversity of plant viruses, climate change, and global trade, the requirement for detection, identification, and management strategies has beenintensified. Bioinformatics has become a highly effective tool in plant virology, providing tools and databases to aid understanding of virus genomics, host-virusinteractions, and resistance. A summary of recent important bioinformatics tools and databases ispresented in this chapter that will aid in understanding the functional genomics associated with infection in crops. Several sequence analysis software tools, including BLAST and Clustal Omega, are available for the detection andphylogeny of virus genomes. GenBank, EMBL, and RefSeq storelarge collections of viral nucleotide and amino acid sequences, including specialized resources such as Virus-Host DB and ViPR (Virus Pathogen Resource). Furthermore, resources such as RNAcentral and sRNAtoolsfacilitate the analysis of viral small RNAs and their implication in host gene regulation. Recent progress in next-generation sequencing (NGS) and metagenomics, combined with pipelines like Galaxy, VirusDetect, and VirFind, is resourceful in detecting new and emerging viruses infecting vegetable crops. Genome editing and breeding programs, CRISPR-related prediction tools, and resistance gene databases can assist breeders in creating virus-resistant varieties. The ongoing development of bioinformatics applications, particularly in the field of plant virology, has made it more crucial for the long-term development of control and disease management strategies as well as the early detection of viruses in agricultural settings.