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Plant gene silencing is a crucially important phenomenon in gene expression and epigenetics. This book describes the way small RNA is produced and acts to silence genes, its likely origins in defence against viruses, and also its potential to improve plants. Plant gene silencing can be used to improve industrial traits, make plants more nutritious or more valuable to consumers, to remove allergens, and to improve resistance to weeds and pathogens ;
- Chapter 1: Diversity of RNA silencing pathways in plants
- Chapter 2: Induction and suppression of silencing by plant viruses
- Chapter 3: Artificial induction and maintenance of epigenetic variations in plants
- Chapter 4: Gene Silencing in Archaeplastida Algae
- Chapter 5: Gene silencing in fungi: A diversity of pathways and functions
- Chapter 6: Artificial small RNA-based strategies for effective and specific gene silencing in plants
- Chapter 7: Application of RNA silencing in improving plant traits for industrial use
- Chapter 8: Increasing nutritional value by RNA silencing
- Chapter 9: RNA-based control of plant diseases: a case study with Fusarium graminearum
- Chapter 10: Targeting nematode genes by RNA silencing
- Chapter 11: Gene silencing provides efficient protection against viruses
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- Publisher CAB International
- Publication Date May 2017
- Orginal LanguageEnglish
- ISBN/Identifier 9781780647678 / 1780647670
- Publication Country or regionUnited Kingdom
- FormatHardback
- Primary Price 85 GBP
- Pages224
- ReadershipProfessional and Scholarly
- Publish StatusPublished
- Copyright Year2017
- Dimensions244 X 172 mm
- Reference Code3753
