Spray-Induced Gene Silencing: a Powerful Innovative Strategy for Crop Protection

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• 作者：Ming Wang¹ ; Hailing Jin¹ ; ^{hailing.jin@ucr.edu}
• 关键词：Spray-induced gene silencing (SIGS) ; RNA interference (RNAi) ; small RNAs ; RNA-based fungicide
• 刊名：Trends in Microbiology
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：January 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：25
• 期：1
• 页码：4-6
• 全文大小：539 K
• 卷排序：25

文摘

Plant pathogens cause serious crop losses worldwide. Recent new studies demonstrate that spraying double-stranded RNAs (dsRNAs) and small RNAs (sRNAs) that target essential pathogen genes on plant surfaces confer efficient crop protection. This so-called spray-induced gene silencing (SIGS) strategy of disease control is potentially sustainable and environmentally friendly.