Antifungal RNA Spray Could Help Fight Barley Crop Disease (IMAGE)

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Antifungal RNA Spray Could Help Fight Barley Crop Disease

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Do double stranded (ds)RNAs represent a new generation of environmentally-friendly fungicides? The figure shows accumulation of fluorescent-labelled dsRNA in the plant vascular system after spraying barley leaves with CYP3-dsRNAA488 that inhibits plant infection with Fusarium fungi.

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Dr. Aline Koch, Justus Liebig University Giessen, using a LEICA TCS SP8 confocal microscope.

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