Abstract
RNA interference (RNAi) is a technique of gene silencing mediated by dsRNA. In plants, this dsRNA-induced sequence-specific RNA destruction process is known as posttranscriptional gene silencing (PTGS). RNA interference technique already has a significant influence on the understanding and modification of secondary metabolites in plants. RNAi has mostly been employed to develop therapeutic plants having novel chemical phenotypes, as well as to discover the traits of genes involved in the production of several pharmacologically significant secondary metabolites. In this chapter, the uses of RNAi technology involved in plants like Centella asiatica, Artemisia annua, Panax notoginseng, Rehmannia glutinosa, Isatis indigotica, Brassica napus, Panicum virgatum, Papaver somniferum, Populus sp., Betula platyphylla, and Nicotiana tabacum have been briefly described. In addition, the present status of research and future directions of relevant research are discussed.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Phytochemical Genomics |
Subtitle of host publication | Plant Metabolomics and Medicinal Plant Genomics |
Publisher | Springer Nature |
Pages | 591-604 |
Number of pages | 14 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9789811957796 |
ISBN (Print) | 9789811957789 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1 Jan 2023 |
Keywords
- Medicinal plants
- Posttranscriptional gene silencing
- RNA interference
- Secondary metabolites
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Agricultural and Biological Sciences
- General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
- General Medicine