Improvement of pest resistance in transgenic tobacco plants expressing dsRNA of an insect-associated gene EcR.

The adoption of pest-resistant transgenic plants to reduce yield loss and pesticide utilization has been successful in the past three decades. Recently, transgenic plant expressing double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) targeting pest genes emerges as a promising strategy for improving pest resistance in crops...

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Main Authors: Jin-Qi Zhu, Shumin Liu, Yao Ma, Jia-Qi Zhang, Hai-Sheng Qi, Zhao-Jun Wei, Qiong Yao, Wen-Qing Zhang, Sheng Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3369839?pdf=render