Knocking-down Meloidogyne incognita proteases by plant-delivered dsRNA has negative pleiotropic effect on nematode vigor.

The root-knot nematode Meloidogyne incognita causes serious damage and yield losses in numerous important crops worldwide. Analysis of the M. incognita genome revealed a vast number of proteases belonging to five different catalytic classes. Several reports indicate that M. incognita proteases could...

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Main Authors: José Dijair Antonino de Souza Júnior, Roberta Ramos Coelho, Isabela Tristan Lourenço, Rodrigo da Rocha Fragoso, Antonio Américo Barbosa Viana, Leonardo Lima Pepino de Macedo, Maria Cristina Mattar da Silva, Regina Maria Gomes Carneiro, Gilbert Engler, Janice de Almeida-Engler, Maria Fatima Grossi-de-Sa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3877404?pdf=render