Cotton leaf curl virus disease is one of the major threats for cotton production and has emerged as a serious disease of cotton in North India. Cotton leaf curl disease (CLCuD) is caused by a geminivirus, transmitted by whitefly (Bemisia tabaci) vector. Genetic engineering of cotton transgenics resistant to CLCuD through antisense RNA approach is a potential technique to tackle the disease in cotton. Cotton transgenics resistant to CLCuD using antisense coat protein (ACP) gene was developed via Agrobacterium mediated transformation. A binary vector carrying the ACP gene along with the nptII (neomycin phosphotransferase) gene driven by CaMV-35S promoter and nos (nopaline synthase) terminator was used for transformation.
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/cotton-leaf-curl-virus-resistance-transgenics-antisense-coat-protein-gene-av1
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/j-amudha
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/g-balasubramani
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/v-g-malathi-et-al
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/current-science
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/cotton
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/bt-cotton
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/pest-control
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/plant-diseases
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/genetic-engineering
