The roles of microRNAs in horticultural plant disease resistance

The development of the horticultural industry is largely limited by disease and excessive pesticide application. MicroRNAs constitute a major portion of the transcriptomes of eukaryotes. Various microRNAs have been recognized as important regulators of the expression of genes involved in essential b...

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Published inFrontiers in genetics Vol. 14; p. 1137471
Main Authors Zhang, Aiai, Zhang, Shunshun, Wang, Feng, Meng, Xianmin, Ma, Yue, Guan, Jiantao, Zhang, Feng
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Switzerland Frontiers Media S.A 27.02.2023
Subjects
disease resistance
gene expression
Genetics
horticultural plants
microRNA
plant defense
microRNA
horticultural plants
plant defense
disease resistance
gene expression
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Summary:The development of the horticultural industry is largely limited by disease and excessive pesticide application. MicroRNAs constitute a major portion of the transcriptomes of eukaryotes. Various microRNAs have been recognized as important regulators of the expression of genes involved in essential biological processes throughout the whole life cycle of plants. Recently, small RNA sequencing has been applied to study gene regulation in horticultural plants. In this review, we summarize the current understanding of the biogenesis and contributions of microRNAs in horticultural plant disease resistance. These microRNAs may potentially be used as genetic resources for improving disease resistance and for molecular breeding. The challenges in understanding horticultural plant microRNA biology and the possibilities to make better use of these horticultural plant gene resources in the future are discussed in this review.
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These authors have contributed equally to this work
Edited by: Jia-Yu Xue, Nanjing Agricultural University, China
This article was submitted to Plant Genomics, a section of the journal Frontiers in Genetics
Reviewed by: Zhu-Qing Shao, Nanjing University, China
ISSN:1664-8021
1664-8021
DOI:10.3389/fgene.2023.1137471