Comparative Genomics Reveals Novel Target Genes towards Specific Control of Plant-Parasitic Nematodes.

ABSTRACT: Plant-parasitic nematodes cause extensive annual yield losses to worldwide agricultural production. Most cultivated plants have no known resistance against nematodes and the few bearing a resistance gene can be overcome by certain species. Chemical methods that have been deployed to control nematodes have largely been banned from use due to their poor specificity and high toxicity. Hence, there is an urgent need for the development of cleaner and more specific control methods. Recent advances in nematode genomics, including in phytoparasitic species, provide an unprecedented opportunity to identify genes and functions specific to these pests. Using phylogenomics, we compared 61 nematode genomes, including 16 for plant-parasitic species and identified more than 24,000 protein families speci

SUBMITTER: Grynberg P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7696266 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature