Horizontal gene transfer from plant to whitefly
Horizontal gene transfer from plant to whitefly
Tags: Gene drive, Population genetics/dynamicsT. Islam, R. B. Azad, S. H. Kasfy, A. A. Rahman and T. Z. Khan, Trends in Biotechnology, 2023.
The recent discovery of the horizontal transfer of a toxin-neutralizing gene from plant to whitefly (Bemisia tabaci), a polyphagous insect, sparked a new area of study. In this forum, we discuss some potential biotechnological applications of this newly discovered knowledge in the coevolutionary arms race between plants and whitefly.
