RNA Interference and Applications in Plants

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Part of the Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering book series (LNEE, volume 250)

Abstract

RNA interference (RNAi) inhibits gene expression in a very specific way. It has a vital significance in the regulation of gene expression, the defense of viral infection, the controlling of jumping genes. In recent years, RNAi has become an important method of studying gene function with its high specificity, efficiency, hereditability and other significant advantages and has been used in the study of functional genomics and traits improvement. This paper simply introduces the RNAi mechanism and discusses the applications of RNAi in plant functional genomics, crop quality improvement, and resistance of disease and insect.

Keywords

Crop quality improvement Disease and insect resistance Functional genomics RNA interference 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Yunrong An
    • 1
  • Zhongyou Pei
    • 1
  • Nan Xin
    • 1
  • Haifeng Wang
    • 1
  1. 1.Department of AgronomyTianjin Agricultural UniversityTianjinPeople’s Republic of China

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