Question

How are tobacco plants benefited when nematode-specific genes are introduced into them using certain vectors ? Name the vectors used.

Answer 1

Using Agrobacterium vectors, the nematode specific genes are introduced into the host plant. The introduction of DNA initiates RNAi and thus silences the specific m RNA of Meloidogyne incognita. As a consequence, the parasite can not survive in the transgenic host expressing specific interfering RNA.