Shopan et al (2020) revealed that new eIF subgroups, eIF2β, eIF2α, eIF2Bβ, eEF1A, and poly(A)-binding proteins (PABPs) could be the targets for antiviral strategies in B. juncea. Meanwhile, defect/mutated eIF2Bβ, eIF4E, eIF(iso)4E, eIF4G, and eIF(iso)4G have been found to confer recessive resistance to plant viral infections (Shopan et al., 2017, Shopan et al., 2020). This evidence concerns the gene EIF2B2 and viral infectious disease.