The primary goal of this research project is to establish a new set of biotech traits that have durable resistance to SCN (Heterodera glycines). Turning off genes by a process known as RNA interference (RNAi) has tremendous potential as a new strategy towards nematode resistance. In the free-living nematode Caenorhabditis elegans, which serves as a model, specific genes can be selectively turned off in the nematode by either injecting or feeding specific small interfering (si) RNA molecules to the worms. We propose to use this approach to introduce siRNA molecules into soybean so that SCN will take up these small molecules upon feeding, providing a selectively lethal meal. Depending on the...
Update:See final report under October 3rd above.
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