Biotechnological advances with applicability in potatoes for resistance against root-knot nematodes
| Autor: | Sapinder Bali, Jessica Franco, Cynthia Gleason, Lei Zhang |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_treatment
Biomedical Engineering Bioengineering Genetically modified bacteria Genetically modified crops Plant Roots Plant defense against herbivory medicine Animals Tylenchoidea Cultivar Plant Diseases Solanum tuberosum Protease biology business.industry fungi food and beverages Plants Genetically Modified biology.organism_classification Biotechnology Genetically modified organism Nematode business Bacteria |
| Zdroj: | Current Opinion in Biotechnology. 70:226-233 |
| ISSN: | 0958-1669 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.copbio.2021.06.010 |
| Popis: | Potato production is negatively affected by root-knot nematodes (Meloidogyne spp.). There are no commercially available potato cultivars that are resistant to root-knot nematodes. To reduce the reliance on chemical controls, genetic engineering for nematode resistance in potato shows promise. Genetically modified potatoes that silence a parasitism gene or that express toxic protease inhibitors display reduced nematode infections. Modifying potato immune responses may also offer new opportunities for nematode resistance in potato. Plant defense elicitors, including those secreted by modified bacteria, enhanced resistance against root-knot nematodes in potato. The use of transgenic bacteria as delivery vehicles of defense-related molecules presents several possibilities for sophisticated nematode management and because this does not involve transgenic plants, it may garner greater public acceptance. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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