The Great Escape: How a Plant DNA Virus Hijacks an Imprinted Host Gene to Avoid Silencing.

Plant viruses are a major threat to global food security. The large family of geminiviruses has a broad pathogenic impact on economically important crops such as maize ( Zea mays ), tomato ( Solanum lycopersicum ), and cassava ( Manihot esculenta ), and causes millions of tons of losses per year