Horizontal gene transfer from plant to whitefly

Tofazzal Islam; Rojana B Azad; Shamfin H Kasfy; Arin A Rahman; Tasnim Z Khan

doi:10.1016/j.tibtech.2023.01.007

Horizontal gene transfer from plant to whitefly

Trends Biotechnol. 2023 Jul;41(7):853-856. doi: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2023.01.007. Epub 2023 Feb 2.

Authors

Tofazzal Islam¹, Rojana B Azad², Shamfin H Kasfy², Arin A Rahman², Tasnim Z Khan²

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University, Gazipur 1706, Bangladesh. Electronic address: tofazzalislam@bsmrau.edu.bd.
² Institute of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University, Gazipur 1706, Bangladesh.

PMID: 36739179
DOI: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2023.01.007

Abstract

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.

Keywords: CRISPR technology; coevolutionary arms race; eukaryotes; gene silencing; horizontal gene transfer; phenolic glycosides.

MeSH terms

Animals
Gene Transfer, Horizontal
Hemiptera* / genetics