Chloroplast Genome Engineering: A Plausible Approach to Combat Chili Thrips and Other Agronomic Insect Pests of Crops
Author:
Bulle Mallesham1ORCID, Sheri Vijay2ORCID, Aileni Mahender3ORCID, Zhang Baohong2ORCID
Affiliation:
1. Agri Biotech Foundation, Agricultural University Campus, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad 500030, India 2. Department of Biology, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27858, USA 3. Department of Biotechnology, Telangana University, Dichpally, Nizamabad 503322, India
Abstract
The world population’s growing demand for food is expected to increase dramatically by 2050. The agronomic productivity for food is severely affected due to biotic and abiotic constraints. At a global level, insect pests alone account for ~20% loss in crop yield every year. Deployment of noxious chemical pesticides to control insect pests always has a threatening effect on human health and environmental sustainability. Consequently, this necessitates for the establishment of innovative, environmentally friendly, cost-effective, and alternative means to mitigate insect pest management strategies. According to a recent study, using chloroplasts engineered with double-strand RNA (dsRNA) is novel successful combinatorial strategy deployed to effectively control the most vexing pest, the western flower thrips (WFT: Frankliniella occidentalis). Such biotechnological avenues allowed us to recapitulate the recent progress of research methods, such as RNAi, CRISPR/Cas, mini chromosomes, and RNA-binding proteins with plastid engineering for a plausible approach to effectively mitigate agronomic insect pests. We further discussed the significance of the maternal inheritance of the chloroplast, which is the major advantage of chloroplast genome engineering.
Funder
US NSF USDA Cotton Incorporated
Subject
Plant Science,Ecology,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
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