{"id":7284,"date":"2019-04-07T18:22:40","date_gmt":"2019-04-07T17:22:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/international-pest-control.com\/?p=7284"},"modified":"2019-04-07T18:22:40","modified_gmt":"2019-04-07T17:22:40","slug":"first-ever-plantain-resistant-to-banana-streak-virus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/international-pest-control.com\/wordpress\/first-ever-plantain-resistant-to-banana-streak-virus\/","title":{"rendered":"First ever plantain resistant to banana streak virus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>U<\/strong>sing the gene editing tool CRISPR, a team of scientists at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) has announced that they have developed banana and plantain varieties that are resistant to banana streak virus (BSV). BSV is hampering the crop\u2019s production in Africa and threatening the food and income of millions of farmers.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7287\" style=\"width: 609px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/international-pest-control.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Plantain-fruits..jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7287\" class=\"wp-image-7287\" style=\"border: 0px solid #000000;\" src=\"https:\/\/international-pest-control.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Plantain-fruits..jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"599\" height=\"201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/international-pest-control.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Plantain-fruits..jpg 820w, https:\/\/international-pest-control.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Plantain-fruits.-300x101.jpg 300w, https:\/\/international-pest-control.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Plantain-fruits.-768x258.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 599px) 100vw, 599px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7287\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Plantain-fruits<\/p><\/div>\n<p>BSV works by integrating its DNA into the B genome of banana and plantain having one or more of the genome. When plants are stressed, the viral DNA produces functional viral particles, ultimately causing disease symptoms. Thus, major BSV epidemics are not due to natural transmission, but rather due to activation of integrated virus under stress conditions. Due to this reason, breeders avoid using banana and plantain that contain the B genome, such as the <em>Musa balbisiana<\/em>, for crop improvement, despite their good attributes.<\/p>\n<p>The research team, led by IITA principal scientist Leena Tripathi, used the CRISPR-Cas9 system to inactivate viral DNA from the B genome of Gonja Manjaya, a variety of false horn plantain of the <em>Musa<\/em> genus commonly grown in East and Central Africa. The researchers found that, when exposed to drought stress, 75% of the edited plants did not show any symptoms of BSV compared to non-edited plants, confirming deactivation of the viral DNA.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For more details, read the IITA News<\/strong>. <a href=\"http:\/\/bulletin.iita.org\/index.php\/2019\/02\/02\/scientists-successfully-use-gene-editing-technology-to-develop-first-ever-plantain-resistant-to-banana-virus-streak\/\">http:\/\/bulletin.iita.org\/index.php\/2019\/02\/02\/scientists-successfully-use-gene-editing-technology-to-develop-first-ever-plantain-resistant-to-banana-virus-streak\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Published in<\/strong> International Pest Control \u2013 March\/April 2019 issue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Using the gene editing tool CRISPR, a team of scientists at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) has announced that they have developed banana and plantain varieties that are resistant to banana streak virus (BSV). BSV is hampering the crop\u2019s production in Africa and threatening the food and income of millions of farmers. 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