Journal of Plant Biochemistry & Physiology

Journal of Plant Biochemistry & Physiology
Open Access

ISSN: 2329-9029

Review Article - (2019) Volume 7, Issue 1

Applications of Virus Induced Gene Silencing (VIGS) in Plant Functional Genomics Studies

Dagnachew Bekele1,2*, Kassahun Tesfaye1,3 and Asnake Fikre4
1Institute of Biotechnology, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia
2Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
3Ethiopia Biotechnology Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
4International Crop Research Institute for Semi-Arid Tropics, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
*Corresponding Author: Dagnachew Bekele, Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Tel: +251912020311 Email:

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