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...happens in tomatoes.
Gray mold
At present, people tend to use chemical pesticides to solve the problem.
But there are still problems with their use that cannot be ignored:
Our solution
PolycoBead
PolycoBead-Integrated control strategy for tomato gray mold disease based on RNA-biopesticides and plant immune-induceing factors
Tomato grey mold is a specific fungal disease caused by
Botrytis cinerea. SZU-China aims to combat tomato grey mold through
synthetic biology.
Firstly, utilize RNAi technology to silence crucial survival genes and virulence factors of the B. cinerea , employing innovative approaches including binding cell-penetrating peptides (CPP) with shRNA to significantly treat tomato grey mold. Additionally, we will supplement this with plant immune technology by modifying Bacillus subtilis, enabling it to express immune-inducing factors such as flg22 and BvEP to trigger plant immune responses.Finally, based on the actual needs of agricultural applications, we creatively encapsulate the RNAi-based biopesticides and calcium alginate beads containing engineering B. subtilis that can trigger the immune effect of plants in a water-soluble film, forming a unique application model similar to laundry beads, which we call PolycoBead.
We hoped that this novel plant fungal disease control strategy can bring enlightenment for future biopesticide research.
Tomato grey mold is a specific fungal disease caused by
Botrytis cinerea. SZU-China aims to combat tomato grey mold through
synthetic biology.
Firstly, utilize RNAi technology to silence crucial survival genes and virulence factors of the B. cinerea , employing innovative approaches including binding cell-penetrating peptides (CPP) with shRNA to significantly treat tomato grey mold. Additionally, we will supplement this with plant immune technology by modifying Bacillus subtilis, enabling it to express immune-inducing factors such as flg22 and BvEP to trigger plant immune responses.Finally, based on the actual needs of agricultural applications, we creatively encapsulate the RNAi-based biopesticides and calcium alginate beads containing engineering B. subtilis that can trigger the immune effect of plants in a water-soluble film, forming a unique application model similar to laundry beads, which we call PolycoBead.
We hoped that this novel plant fungal disease control strategy can bring enlightenment for future biopesticide research.