Mathematical model of plant-virus interactions mediated by RNA interference

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DOI10.1016/J.JTBI.2016.05.018zbMATH Open1343.92506arXiv1612.01561OpenAlexW2375976051WikidataQ40671487 ScholiaQ40671487MaRDI QIDQ738776FDOQ738776


Authors: G. Neofytou, Y. N. Kyrychko, K. B. Blyuss Edit this on Wikidata


Publication date: 5 September 2016

Published in: Journal of Theoretical Biology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Cross-protection, which refers to a process whereby artificially inoculating a plant with a mild strain provides protection against a more aggressive isolate of the virus, is known to be an effective tool of disease control in plants. In this paper we derive and analyse a new mathematical model of the interactions between two competing viruses with particular account for RNA interference. Our results show that co-infection of the host can either increase or decrease the potency of individual infections depending on the levels of cross-protection or cross-enhancement between different viruses. Analytical and numerical bifurcation analyses are employed to investigate the stability of all steady states of the model in order to identify parameter regions where the system exhibits synergistic or antagonistic behaviour between viral strains, as well as different types of host recovery. We show that not only viral attributes but also the propagating component of RNA-interference in plants can play an important role in determining the dynamics.


Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1612.01561




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