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How did the process of RNA interference help to control the nematode form infecting roots of tobacco plants ? Explain

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Using Agrobacterium vectors, nematode specific genes introduced into host plant, produced sense-antisense RNA in host cells, ds RNA-initiated RNAi, silenced specific mRNA of nematode, parasite could not survive in transgenic host.
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