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    STUDIA BIOLOGIA - Issue no. 2 / 2014  
         
  Article:   REVIEW - RNAi AS A TOOL TO OBTAIN POTATO RESISTANT TO VIRUSES.

Authors:  RALUCA-ALINA MUSTAȚĂ, ELENA RAKOSY-TICAN.
 
       
         
  Abstract:  VIEW PDF: REVIEW - RNAi AS A TOOL TO OBTAIN POTATO RESISTANT TO VIRUSES

Potato is the third most important crop in the world but is very sensitive to pathogens. Viruses are pathogens which affect potato productivity causing important losses in the annual production. Consequently, potato is one of the main targets for genetic improvement by gene transfer and other biotechnological tools. RNA interference (RNAi) has recently been identified as a natural mechanism for regulation of gene expression and also as a natural antiviral defense mechanism. RNAi is a promising approach adopted to develop virus-resistant plants. The present paper gives an update of different approaches of using RNAi to obtain virus resistant potato plants.

Keywords: hairpin RNA, RNAi, potato resistant to viruses, PVY.
 
         
     
         
         
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