Publications by authors named "Isabella Presotto Possignolo"
Article Synopsis
- - RNA interference (RNAi) is a gene-silencing technique that uses double-stranded RNA to target specific gene sequences, which is proving useful for pest control in agriculture, particularly with insect pests like the tomato leafminer.
- - Researchers focused on two specific genes from the tomato leafminer and tested two methods to deliver the target dsRNA into tomato leaves, successfully silencing these genes and decreasing larval survival rates and leaf damage.
- - They created genetically modified 'Micro-Tom' tomato plants that expressed hairpin RNA sequences targeting the selected genes, resulting in reduced leaf damage caused by the leafminer, demonstrating RNAi's potential as a pest control strategy.
