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Title Προς την δημιουργία διαγονιδιακών φυτών ανθεκτικών στα αγροτικά παράσιτα Tetranychus urticae και Bemisia tabaci μέσω RNAi
Author Σαματά, Μαρία
Thesis advisor Καλαντίδης, Κρίτων
Abstract RNA silencing is a conserved mechanism found in most eukaryotes. It is triggered by the presence of double stranded RNA molecules which guide the suppression of complementary sequences. It acts either at the transcriptional level by causing epigenetic changes to DNA or histones, or post-transcriptionally by guiding the cleavage of the transcript or translational repression. In animals it is known as RNA interference (RNAi). This mechanism plays an important role for the defense against exogenous sequences from viruses, transgenes or transposons. It is cited that RNAi could be effective for the construction of transgenic plants resistant to prokaryotic pathogens such as viruses and bacteria. Recent studies show the success of RNAi through feeding as a potential method for crop resistance effective also against eukaryotic pests such as plant-nematodes and herbivorous insects. Transgenic plants are designed to produce dsRNA targeting suitable genes of their pests, and therefore become resistant to them. Successful studies have been reported in the orders of Coleoptera, Lepidoptera and Hemiptera. In the present study, we tried to examine the functionality of RNAi through feeding method to Tetranychus urticae (Acari) and Bemisia tabaci (Hemiptera) which are very important crop pest
Language Greek
Subject RNA interference
RNA silencing
RNA σίγηση
Issue date 2012-07-20
Collection   School/Department--School of Sciences and Engineering--Department of Biology--Graduate theses
  Type of Work--Graduate theses
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