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Anita Puyam Shikha Sharma Prem Lal Kashyap

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RNA interference (RNAi) is an incredible revolution in the field of functional genomics, a breakthrough in plant molecular genetics. This technology will generate enormous potential for engineering control of gene expres-sion. The success of managing biotic stress using RNAi technology will prove to be biologically and environmentally safe. It is therapeutic in approach as the resistance induced by RNAi is triggered by ds RNA that results in silencing of specific genes before being translated in a homology dependent manner. Over the time, RNAi is significantly proving it as one of the most promiscent management strategy which eliminates certain risks associated with the development of transgenic plants. This review gives an insight into the probability of management of plant diseases caused by various biotic agents viz. fungi, bacteria and viruses using RNA interference technique and host-pathogen related targeted sites.

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Diseases, Functional genomics, Gene Expression, Management, RNAi

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RNA interference- a novel approach for plant disease management. (2017). Journal of Applied and Natural Science, 9(3), 1612-1618. https://doi.org/10.31018/jans.v9i3.1410