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In the presented work, a novel system for TBSV infection of\n                    <jats:italic>Nicotiana benthamiana<\/jats:italic>\n                    plants, designed to produce nanomaterials, was developed and optimized based on a simple foliar spray, without the use of surfactants. Up to now, the standard procedures for the viral infection have been syringe or vacuum infiltration, which are a time-consuming manual procedure or requiring expensive machinery, respectively. The spraying method was chosen because it could be implemented in industrial conditions, such as vertical farms, where spraying systems are already present or can be easily installed at a low cost. In this work, as a proof of concept, a wild type and a modified version of TBSV construct, which generated a viral nanoparticle (VNP) exposing a small 12 aa-domain Liprin alpha 1 protein (Lip1) on each capsid protein, were successfully expressed in\n                    <jats:italic>Nicotiana benthamiana<\/jats:italic>\n                    plants. Specifically, VNP displaying Lip1 is a candidate for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis. After 7 days of incubation, signs of viral infection were visible in the infected plants, while prolonged incubation time to 8 days significantly increased the accumulation of VNPs. 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