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Wednesday, March 5, 2008
Engineering fungal resistance in rice
Often a considerable amount of crop yield is lost due to infection from plant pathogens. Fungi are the largest group of plant pathogens. They can infect almost all crop varieties. One fungus responsible for extensive damage to rice crop is Magnaporthe grisea. M. grisea causes the most devastating damage of rice crops worldwide, Rice Blast.
However, using genetic engineering, Min Shao and his collaborators at Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, USA and Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China were successful in incorporating genes into rice varieties that are responsible for triggering natural plant defense mechanisms. The end result yielded a rice variety that effectively protects against several plant pathogens. Their work is published in a recent issue of Plant Biotechnology Journal.
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However, using genetic engineering, Min Shao and his collaborators at Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, USA and Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China were successful in incorporating genes into rice varieties that are responsible for triggering natural plant defense mechanisms. The end result yielded a rice variety that effectively protects against several plant pathogens. Their work is published in a recent issue of Plant Biotechnology Journal.
Full story here
Labels: Agricultural-Engineering, Bio-engineering
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