Utility of host delivered RNAi of two FMRF amide like peptides, flp-14 and flp-18, for the management of root knot nematode, Meloidogyne incognita

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Papolu, Pradeep Kumar ^a   Gantasala, Nagavara Prasad ^a   Kamaraju, Divya ^a   Banakar, Prakash ^a   Sreevathsa, Rohini ^b   Rao, Uma ^a  

^a INDIAN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE ON PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; PHENYLALANYLMETHIONYLARGINYLPHENYLALANINAMIDE LIKE PEPTIDE;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA INTEGRATION; FLP 14 GENE; FLP 18 GENE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; HOST RESISTANCE; MELOIDOGYNE INCOGNITA; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE MIGRATION; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PLANT ROOT; RNA INTERFERENCE;

ANIMALS; FMRFAMIDE; PEPTIDES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RNA INTERFERENCE; TOBACCO; TYLENCHOIDEA;

EID: 84892410555     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0080603     Document Type: Article

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