Utilization of microRNAs and their regulatory functions for improving biotic stress tolerance in tea plant [Camellia sinensis (L.) O. Kuntze].

ABSTRACT: MicroRNAs play a central role in responses to biotic stressors through their interactions with their target mRNAs. Tea plant (Camellia sinensis L.), an important beverage crop, is vulnerable to tea geometrid and anthracnose disease that causes considerable crop loss and tea production worldwide. Sustainable production of tea in the current scenario to biotic factors is major challenges. To overcome the problem of biotic stresses, high-throughput sequencing (HTS) with bioinformatics analyses has been used as an effective approach for the identification of stress-responsive miRNAs and their regulatory functions in tea plant. These stress-responsive miRNAs can be utilized for miRNA-mediated gene silencing to enhance stress tolerance in tea plant. Therefore, this review summarizes the c

SUBMITTER: Jeyaraj A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7549669 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature