2013
RNA-based approaches for protecting against yield loss due to Soybean Diseases
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Contributor/Checkoff:
Iowa Soybean Association
Category:
Sustainable Production
Keywords:
Crop protectionDiseaseField management
Parent Project:
RNA-based approaches for protecting against yield loss due to Soybean Diseases
Lead Principal Investigator:
Thomas Baum, Iowa State University
Co-Principal Investigators:
Steve Whitham, Iowa State University
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Contributing Organization (Checkoff):
Iowa Soybean Association
(n/a)
Institution Funded:
Iowa State University
(n/a)
Brief Project Summary:

Soybean yield always is threatened by plant diseases caused by a wide spectrum of pathogens, including fungi and nematodes. As diverse as these pathogens are, they all have two fundamental commonalities: 1) The pathogens possess genes that are expressed during and required for infection of the soybean plants; and 2) These pathogens cause gene expression responses in soybean plants that are necessary in order for disease symptoms to develop. Therefore, interfering with these two mechanisms will have negative effects on the developing disease and thus can be exploited as a novel control mechanism.

The goal of this continuing research is to use the latest research in microRNA to interfere...

Unique Keywords:
#genetic resistance to nematodes, #genetic resistance to soybean diseases, #genetically engineered soybean, #soybean diseases, #vector gene silencing
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