plant-immune-technology

SZU-China

October 21, 2023
rnai-technology, plant-immune-technology, polycobead
agriculture

SZU-China # PolycoBead-Integrated control strategy for tomato gray mold disease based on RNA-biopesticides and plant immune-inducing factors # Tomato grey mold is a specific fungal disease caused by Botrytis cinerea. SZU-China aims to combat tomato grey mold through synthetic biology. Firstly, utilize RNAi technology to silence crucial survival genes and virulence factors of the B. cinerea, employing innovative approaches including binding cell-penetrating peptides (CPP) with shRNA to significantly treat tomato grey mold. ...