Plant-Generated Artificial Small RNAs Mediated Aphid Resistance

2014106 citationsJournal Articlegold Open Access

Authors

Hongyan Guo · Chinese Academy of Sciences

Xiaoguang Song · State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics

Guiling Wang · State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics

Kun Yang · University of Electronic Science and Technology of China

Yu Wang · Chinese Academy of Sciences

Libo Niu · State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics

Xiaoying Chen

Abstract

Our results indicated that plant-mediated insect-RNA silencing might be an effective way to develop plants resistant to insects with piercing-sucking mouthparts, and both the selection of vulnerable target genes and the biogenetic type of the small RNAs were crucial for the effectiveness of aphid control. The expression of insect-specific amiRNA is a promising and preferable approach to engineer plants resistant to aphids and, possibly, to other plant-infesting insects.

Topics & Keywords

Insect Resistance and Genetics Plant Virus Research Studies Insect-Plant Interactions and Control

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: PLoS ONE

Volume 9, Issue 5, pp. e97410-e97410

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0097410

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