Fungi and nematodes threaten soybean yield. These diverse pathogens have two fundamental commonalities: they possess genes expressed during and required for infection on soybean plants; and they cause gene expression responses in soybean plants that are necessary for disease symptoms to develop. Therefore, interfering with these two mechanisms will have negative effects on the developing disease and, thus, can be exploited as a novel control mechanism. The goal of this continuing research is to translate the latest research in RNA silencing into tools that stabilize and increase soybean yields by generating soybean lines that are resistant to pathogens.Key Benefactors: farmers, agronomists, Extension agents, geneticists, soybean breeders, seed companies
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