Spray-induced gene silencing in phytopathogen: Mechanisms, applications, and progress
Advanced AgrochemPhytopathogens can continuously cause serious losses worldwide to crop, fruit, and vegetable yields. The excessive use of conventional fungicides in pathogen management has raised severe environmental and health side effects and induced fungicide ...
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Control Strategies of Plant Viruses Using Spray-Induced Gene Silencing [PDF]
The Plant Pathology JournalPlant viruses severely limit global crop productivity, yet no pesticide-like antiviral agents are currently available for effective control. Double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) technologies, acting through RNA interference, provide a sequence-specific and non ...
Seung-Kook Choi +4 more
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Spray-induced gene silencing for crop protection: recent advances and emerging trends [PDF]
Frontiers in Plant ScienceThe RNA-based spray-induced gene silencing (SIGS) technology represents an ecologically sustainable approach to crop protection and pathogen management.
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Journal of Fungi, 2021 The powdery mildew fungus Podosphaera xanthii is one of the most important limiting factors for cucurbit production worldwide. Despite the significant efforts made by breeding and chemical companies, effective control of this pathogen remains elusive to ...
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Spray-induced gene silencing: an innovative strategy for plant trait improvement and disease control [PDF]
Crop Breeding and Applied Biotechnology, 2021 Modern plant breeding is still a time-consuming and costly process, even with the most advanced technologies such as gene editing. Hence, there is an urgent need to develop alternative means for plant trait manipulation and plant protection.
Ramesh R. Vetukuri +5 more
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Extracellular vesicles isolated from dsRNA-sprayed barley plants exhibit no growth inhibition or gene silencing in Fusarium graminearum [PDF]
Fungal Biology and Biotechnology, 2022 Numerous reports have shown that incorporating a double-stranded RNA (dsRNA)-expressing transgene into plants or applying dsRNA by spraying it onto their leaves successfully protects them against invading pathogens exploiting the mechanism of RNA ...
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Spray-induced gene silencing enables the characterization of gene function during pre-penetration stages in Blumeria graminis f. sp. tritici [PDF]
Frontiers in Plant ScienceBlumeria graminis f. sp. tritici (Bgt), the causal agent of wheat powdery mildew, poses a significant threat to global wheat production. As an obligate biotroph, Bgt is recalcitrant to stable genetic manipulation. Although host-induced gene silencing has
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Screening Various Bacterial-Produced Double-Stranded RNAs for Managing Asian Soybean Rust Disease Caused by Phakopsora pachyrhizi [PDF]
PlantsAsian soybean rust (ASR), caused by Phakopsora pachyrhizi (Syd.), poses a serious threat to global soybean production. The main approach to managing this disease has been through repeated fungicide applications which have reduced efficacy due to ...
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RNA Interference in Plant Interactions with Pathogenic Microorganisms: A Weapon or a Liability? [PDF]
Current Issues in Molecular BiologyThe RNA interference machinery is crucial for regulating the activity of both native and foreign genes across all eukaryotes. The core protein families involved in this process are Dicer-like, Argonaute, and RNA-dependent RNA polymerase.
Artemii Ivanov, Tatiana Golubeva
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Phyllosphere microbiome responses to spray-induced gene silencing targeting Phytophthora infestans in potato [PDF]
npj Biofilms and MicrobiomesRecent years have seen a growing interest in the use of RNA interference to control filamentous pathogens, creating a new niche in plant disease management.
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