Biopesticides are natural, biologically occurring compounds that are used to control various
agricultural pests infesting plants in forests, gardens, farmlands, etc. There are different …

Sustainable agriculture relies on practices and technologies that combine effectiveness with
a minimal environmental footprint. RNA interference (RNAi), a eukaryotic process in which …

Genome-editing technologies using CRISPR–Cas nucleases have revolutionized plant
science and hold enormous promise in crop improvement. Conventional transgene …

A decade ago, the value of Nicotiana benthamiana as a tool for plant molecular biologists
was beginning to be appreciated. Scientists were using it to study plant-microbe and protein …

Plants possess an effective immune system to combat most microbial attackers. The
activation of immune responses to biotrophic pathogens requires the hormone salicylic acid …

RNA silencing (RNAi) has a well-established role in anti-viral immunity in plants. The
destructive eukaryotic pathogen Phytophthora encodes suppressors of RNAi (PSRs), which …

Current breeding relies mostly on random mutagenesis and recombination to generate
novel genetic variation. However, targeted genome editing is becoming an increasingly …

Hemipterans (such as aphids, whiteflies, and leafhoppers) are some of the most devastating
insect pests due to the numerous plant pathogens they transmit as vectors, which are …

A conserved biological response to double-stranded RNA, known variously as RNA
interference (RNAi) or post-transcriptional gene silencing, mediates resistance to both …

Double-stranded RNA-mediated interference (RNAi) is a simple and rapid method of
silencing gene expression in a range of organisms. The silencing of a gene is a …