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ArticleFrontiers in plant science2021

Long-Term Efficacy and Safety of RNAi-Mediated Virus Resistance in 'HoneySweet' Plum.

Khushwant Singh, Ann M Callahan, Brenda J Smith, Tadeusz Malinowski, Ralph Scorza, Jana Jarošová, Eva Beoni, Jaroslav Polák, Jiban Kumar Kundu, Chris Dardick

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Article in Frontiers in plant science, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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10 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Khushwant SinghInnovative Fruit Production, Improvement and Protection, Appalachian Fruit Research Station, Agricultural Research Service (USDA), Kearneysville, WV, United States.
Ann M CallahanInnovative Fruit Production, Improvement and Protection, Appalachian Fruit Research Station, Agricultural Research Service (USDA), Kearneysville, WV, United States.
Brenda J SmithDepartment of Nutritional Sciences, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, United States.
Tadeusz MalinowskiInnovative Fruit Production, Improvement and Protection, Appalachian Fruit Research Station, Agricultural Research Service (USDA), Kearneysville, WV, United States.
Ralph ScorzaInnovative Fruit Production, Improvement and Protection, Appalachian Fruit Research Station, Agricultural Research Service (USDA), Kearneysville, WV, United States.
Jana JarošováDivision of Crop Protection and Plant Health, Crop Research Institute, Prague, Czech Republic.
Eva BeoniDivision of Crop Protection and Plant Health, Crop Research Institute, Prague, Czech Republic.
Jaroslav PolákDivision of Crop Protection and Plant Health, Crop Research Institute, Prague, Czech Republic.
Jiban Kumar KunduDivision of Crop Protection and Plant Health, Crop Research Institute, Prague, Czech Republic.
Chris DardickInnovative Fruit Production, Improvement and Protection, Appalachian Fruit Research Station, Agricultural Research Service (USDA), Kearneysville, WV, United States.
Crop Research Institute · CZAppalachian Fruit Research Laboratory · USAgricultural Research Service · USOklahoma State University · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Interfering RNA technology has been established as an effective strategy to protect plants against viral infection. Despite this success, interfering RNA (RNAi) has rarely been applied due to the regulatory barriers that confront genetically engineered plants and concerns over possible environmental and health risks posed by non-endogenous small RNAs. 'HoneySweet' was developed as a virus-resistant plum variety that is protected by an RNAi-mediated process against Sharka disease caused by the plum pox virus. 'HoneySweet' has been approved for cultivation in the United States but not in countries where the plum pox virus is endemic. In this study, we evaluated the long-term efficacy of virus resistance in 'HoneySweet,' the nature and stability of its sRNA profile, and the potential health risks of consuming 'HoneySweet' plums. Graft-challenged 'HoneySweet' trees carrying large non-transgenic infected limbs remained virus-free after more than 10 years in the field, and the viral sequences from the non-transgenic infected limbs showed no evidence of adaptation to the RNAi-based resistance. Small RNA profiling revealed that transgene-derived sRNA levels were stable across different environments and, on average, were more than 10 times lower than those present in symptom-less fruits from virus-infected trees. Comprehensive 90-day mouse feeding studies showed no adverse health impacts in mice, and there was no evidence for potential siRNA off-target pathologies predicted by comparisons of the most abundant transgene-derived sRNAs to the mouse genome. Collectively, the data confirmed that RNAi provides a highly effective, stable, and safe strategy to combat virus diseases in crop plants.

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