RNAi Biotechnology: Pros and Cons for Crop Improvement

Journal or Publishing Institution: Phytopathology News

Study: https://web.archive.org/web/20180723224314/https://www.apsnet.org/members/outreach/ppb/Documents/PNews2014_03.pdf

Author(s): Vance, V.

Article Type: Report

Record ID: 638

Genetically modified (GM) crops are subject to an environmental risk-assessment process designed to evaluate their safety, and approval by the relevant regulatory agency is required before commercial release of GM crops in all countries where these crops are currently grown, including the United States . Th e majority of approved GM crops have been transformed to produce one or more novel proteins that confer useful agronomic traits such as pathogen or insect resistance . However, a number of genetic engineering approaches use RNAi technology to confer useful traits to plants, and the measures needed to assess the safety of these approaches are currently under investigation.

Citation: Vance, V., 2014. RNAi Biotechnology: Pros and Cons for Crop Improvement. Phytopathology News, 48, pp.40-42.