Blog 2 Virus-induced gene silencing of PDS, a gene involved in chlorophyll biosynthesis, causes a photobleached phenotype in N. benthamiana leaves / plants. RFP expression in tomato leaf after inoculation with six different plant viruses Agrobacterium-mediated heterologous expression of fluorescent proteins in model plant N. benthamiana Brassica species, including important dietary plants like radish and broccoli, produce a wide range of molecular dark matter to counteract abiotic stresses Small mobile elements like peptides enable plants to survive and adapt to environmental stresses One of the many varieties of tomato we use to heterologously express non-tomato plant proteins