“RNA interference has been tried to control DNA viruses in plants, but it has not worked well.” Based on the reported results, “I believe that the CRISPR-Cas9 system can be extensively applied as a ...

More information: Si Liu et al, Antiviral RNA interference inhibits virus vertical transmission in plants, Cell Host & Microbe (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.chom.2024.08.009 Provided by University of ...

What steps can researchers take to combat crop viruses? This is what a recent study published in Nucleic Acids Research hopes to address as a team of researchers from Germany investigated a novel ...