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Explain nematode specific plant step melatogonia intogoeina
Asked by mubashirkpatel | 13 Apr, 2019, 03:00: PM
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Pest Resistance in Transgenic Plants:
  • The nematode Meloidogyne incognita infects the roots of tobacco plants and causes a reduction in yield.
  • A unique strategy based on RNA interference (RNAi) was designed by Fire and Mello in 1998. This method involves silencing of a specific mRNA.
  • Using Agrobacteriumvectors, nematode-specific genes were introduced into the host plant. The introduction of DNA produced both sense and anti-sense RNA in the host cells.
  • These two RNAs being complementary to each other formed a dsRNA which initiated RNAi.

  • When the mRNA of the parasitewasdestroyed, no protein was synthesised.
  • This resultedin the death of the parasitic nematode in the transgenic host.
  • In this way, the transgenic plant got itself protected from theparasite.
 
 
 
 
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