1. Virus-Induced Gene Silencing (VIGS) in Plants - An Overview of Target Species and the Virus-Derived Vector Systems
Matthias Lange, Aravinda L. Yellina, Svetlana Orashakova, and Annette Becker
2. Rationale for Developing New Virus Vectors to Analyze Gene Function in Grasses Through Virus-Induced Gene Silencing
Hema Ramanna, Xin Shun Ding, and Richard S. Nelson
3. Virus Induced Gene Silencing for Rice Using Agroinoculation
Arunima Purkayastha, Shweta Sharma, and Indranil Dasgupta
4. Utilizing Virus Induced Gene Silencing for the Functional Characterization of Maize Genes During Infection with the Fungal Pathogen Ustilago maydis
Karina van der Linde and Gunther Doehlemann
5. Analysis of Developmental Control Genes Using Virus Induced Gene Silencing
Koen Geuten, Tom Viaene, Dries Vekemans, Sofia Kourmpetli, and Sinead Drea
6. Virus Induced Gene Silencing in the Rapid Cycling Columbine Aquilegia coerulea 'Origami'
Bharti Sharma and Elena M. Kramer
7. Virus-Induced Gene Silencing of the Alkaloid-Producing Basal Eudicot Model Plant Eschscholzia californica (California Poppy)
Dawit G. Tekleyohans, Sabrina Lange, and Annette Becker
8. Virus-Induced Gene Silencing Using Artificial miRNAs in Nicotiana benthamiana
Yang Tang, Yizhen Lai, and Yule Liu
9. The Use of VIGS Technology to Study Plant-Herbivore Interactions
Ivan Galis, Meredith C. Schuman, Klaus Gase, Christian Hettenhausen, Markus Hartl, Son T. Dinh, Jianqiang Wu, Gustavo Bonaventure, and Ian T. Baldwin
10. Virus-Aided Gene Expression and Silencing Using TRV for Functional Analysis of Floral Scent-Related Genes
Ben Spitzer-Rimon, Alon Cna'ani, and Alexander Vainstein
11. Virus-Induced Gene Silencing in Soybean and Common Bean
Chunquan Zhang, Steven A. Whitham, and John H. Hill
12. Functional Genomic Analysis of Cotton Genes with Agrobacterium-Mediated Virus-Induced Gene Silencing
Xiquan Gao and Libo Shan
13. Highly Efficient Virus-Induced Gene Silencing in Apple and Soybean by Apple latent spherical virus vector and Biolistic Inoculation
Noriko Yamagishi and Nobuyuki Yoshikawa
14. VIGS A Tool to Study Fruit Development in Solanum lycopersicum
Josefina-Patricia Fernandez-Moreno, Diego Orzaez, and Antonio Granell
15. A Protocol for VIGS in Arabidopsis thaliana Using a "One-Step" TYMV-Derived Vector Isabelle Jupin
16. Virus-Induced Gene Silencing in Strawberry Fruit
Haifeng Jia and Yuanyue Shen