In this article we will discuss about the antisense RNA in cut flower industry. Presently, cut flower industry is billion dollar business worldwide and extends trade of worth over 25 billion US dollar per annum. Several major countries particularly Germany, Netherland, TTS share a major chunk of cut flower business and their market turnover reaches 3-5 billion US dollar. The [...]
In this article we will discuss about the bacterial resistance in plants. T4 Lysozyme: Several bacterial pathogens are responsible for enormous losses in cultivated and stored crops. Therefore, protection of plants from pathogenic bacteria is also a primary concern among plant scientists. Genetic engineering offers some good protection against bacterial attack. In one of the classic case studies, a novel [...]
In this article we will discuss about the fungal resistance in plants. Several agricultural crops are severly damaged by fungal infections, which result in dramatic yield loss. The spread of fungal disease can be combated by conventional strategies like breeding for resistance by variation of the cultural practice and by fungicide treatment. However, a promising alternation that has emerged recently [...]