title: Spray-Induced Gene Silencing: a Powerful Innovative Strategy for Crop Protection.
abstract: Plant pathogens cause serious crop losses worldwide. Recent new studies demonstrate that spraying double-stranded RNAs (dsRNAs) and small RNAs (sRNAs) that target essential pathogen genes on plant surfaces confer efficient crop protection. This so-called spray-induced gene silencing (SIGS) strategy of disease control is potentially sustainable and environmentally friendly.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plant Pathology & Microbiology, Institute for Integrative Genome Biology, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521-0122, USA.
authors.forename: Ming
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Department of Plant Pathology & Microbiology, Institute for Integrative Genome Biology, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521-0122, USA. Electronic address: hailing.jin@ucr.edu.
authors.forename: Hailing
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Jin
mesh_terms: D017360:Arabidopsis / Q000382:microbiology; D000069601:Crop Protection / Q000379:methods*; D005670:Fusarium / Q000235:genetics* / Q000254:growth & development; D001467:Hordeum / Q000382:microbiology; D010935:Plant Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control*; D034622:RNA Interference; D034741:RNA, Small Interfering / Q000235:genetics; D058886:Sterol 14-Demethylase / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D034741:RNA, Small Interfering; D058886:Sterol 14-Demethylase
keywords: RNA interference (RNAi); RNA-based fungicide; Spray-induced gene silencing (SIGS); small RNAs