Phytophthora infestans is a devastating disease that caused the unfortunate 1845 – 1852 Irish Famine, leading to 25% decline of the population of Irish people and still impacts the whole crop ecosystem in temperate potato growing regions. Therefore, scientists have been researching on preventions that are capable of preventing outbreaks and the spread of this pathogen. This project would like…
RNA Interference (RNAi) technology has rapidly become one of the key methods used in functional genomics. RNAi is used to block the expression of genes and create phenotypes that can potentially yield clues about the function of these genes. In the postgenomic era, the elucidation of the physiological function of genes has become the rate-limiting step in the quest to develop 'gene-based drugs'…