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    RNAi technology for management of banana bunchy top disease

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    Date
    2020-11
    Author
    Jekayinoluwa, T.
    Tripathi, L.
    Tripathi, J.N.
    Ntui, V.O.
    Obiero, G.
    Muge, E.
    Dale, J.
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    Review Status
    Peer Review
    Target Audience
    Scientists
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    Banana bunchy top disease (BBTD) is one of the world's most destructive viral diseases of banana and plantain, causing up to 100% yield loss in severe cases. The disease is vectored by banana aphids (Pentalonia nigronervosa) and carried long distances through the movement of infected plant materials. The banana aphids harboring banana bunchy top virus (BBTV) present in banana producing regions are the sole vector and the most efficient method of transmitting the virus to the healthy plants. Controlling the spread of BBTD has been very challenging since no known banana germplasm is immune to BBTV. The disease can be managed with the use of virus‐free planting material and roguing. However, once BBTD is established in the field, it is very difficult to eradicate or manage it. Therefore, a more sustainable way of controlling the disease is developing host plant resistance against the virus and the vector. Biotechnological strategies via RNA interference (RNAi) could be used to target the banana aphid as well as BBTV to reduce virus‐associated yield losses of banana and plantain, which feed over 500 million people around the world. This review discusses the status of BBTD and perspectives on effective RNAi technologies for controlling BBTV and the vector, banana aphid, transmitting the virus as sustainable management of the disease.
    https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/fes3.247
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    https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12478/7730
    IITA Authors ORCID
    Leena Tripathihttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-5723-4981
    Ntuihttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-4709-8087
    Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
    https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/fes3.247
    Research Themes
    Biotech and Plant Breeding
    IITA Subjects
    Agronomy; Banana; Disease Control; Food Security; Plant Breeding; Plant Diseases; Plant Health; Plant Production; Plantain
    Agrovoc Terms
    Bananas; Aphididae; Bunchy Top Disease; Plantains; Rna
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