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MANAGING SOYBEAN CYST NEMATODES USING ENGINEERED VIRUSES AND SELF-PROPAGATING GENETIC NEMATICIDES - UN OF TN

Objective

The specific objectives of this project are: 1) Develop DNA-based methods for transient and heritable transgene expression in SCN. 2) Develop methods to artificially inoculate nematodes with positive-sense RNA viruses. 3) Construct virus-based systems to express foreign genes and silence nematode genes.

Investigators
Domier L L; Mohammad R
Institution
University of Tennessee
Start date
2019
End date
2021
Funding Source
Agricultural Research Service
Project number
5012-22000-022-37A
Accession number
436939
Categories
Pesticide Residues
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