RNAi Technology: A Novel Platform in Crop Protection

Sammanfattning

Since long, plant breeding has been the sole option and traditional method for developing resistant cultivar with gene manipulation against different crop pests. Various strategies have been put forward to render plants resistant to fungi, bacteria, viruses, insects and nematodes. In the recent years, RNA interference (RNAi) has become a highly effective and commanding tool of functional genomics for silencing the gene expression for crop enhancement. RNA imediated gene suppression approaches have opened up a new path in the development of eco-friendly biotech approaches for crop improvement by knockingout the specific genes for better stress tolerance and integrating novel traits in various plant species including insect, pest, pathogen resistance and also enhanced nutritional status. RNAi or RNA silencing is a sequence-specific post-transcriptional gene silencing (PTGS) mechanism induced by doublestranded RNA (dsRNA). DsRNA molecules have been shown to play a key role by protecting plants from invasive nucleic acids. The approach could represent a simple and environmentally safe way for controlling plant pathogens and pests. In this chapter, we review RNAi applications in plants to acquire resistance against biotic stress such as viruses, fungi, bacteria and insect pests.

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Titel: Emerging Trends in Plant Pathology
ISBN: 978-981-15-6274-7, eISBN: 978-981-15-6275-4Utgivare: Springer

SLU författare

• Konakalla, Ruparamadurga Naga Charan

  • Institutionen för växtförädling, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
    

UKÄ forskningsämne

Jordbruksvetenskap
Växtbioteknologi


Publikationens identifierare

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-6275-4_24

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