Cross-Kingdom RNA Trafficking for Crop Protection
A special issue of Agronomy (ISSN 2073-4395). This special issue belongs to the section "Crop Breeding and Genetics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 July 2022) | Viewed by 400
Special Issue Editor
Interests: plant-microbe interactions; extracellular vesicles; plant immunity; plant fungal pathogens; cross-kingdom RNA interference; host induced gene silencing; spray induced gene silencing
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Small RNA (sRNA)-mediated RNA interference (RNAi) is one of the key regulators in host immunity against bacteria, fungi, oomycetes, viruses, and pests. Except for working in host cells endogenously, these sRNAs can travel across the boundaries between organisms and induce gene silencing in the counterparty to suppress the virulence of pathogens, which is called cross-kingdom RNAi. Based on this discovery, host-induced gene silencing (HIGS) by transgenic expression of pathogen gene-targeting double-stranded (ds)RNA has been used to control pathogen attacks in many different crops. Furthermore, the direct application of dsRNAs or sRNAs onto host plants (referred to as spray-induced gene silencing, SIGS) has also been proved functional to suppress pathogen virulence and confers efficient disease control.
This Special Issue will focus on “Cross-Kingdom RNA Trafficking for Crop Protection”. We welcome novel research, reviews and opinion pieces covering all related topics.
Dr. Baoye He
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Cross-kingdom RNA trafficking
- RNA interference
- Plant–microbe interaction
- Host-induced gene silencing
- Spray-induced gene silencing
- Crop protection.
