Abstract:
To safely and effectively prevent and control tobacco target spot disease, endo polygalacturonases (endoPGs) and MAP kinases of the tobacco target spot pathogen (
Rhizoctonia solani YC-9)were used as the targets to design and synthesize dsRNA-
endoPGs and dsRNA-
RMK1 by RNA interference technology. The control effects of dsRNA-
endoPGs and dsRNA-
RMK1 on tobacco target spot were analyzed by spraying on tobacco leaves
in vitro and tobacco plants in the field. The results showed that 7 d after spraying dsRNA-
endoPGs and dsRNA-
RMK1 on tobacco leaves
in vitro, the inhibition rates of tobacco target spot lesions were 62.10% and 60.00%, respectively. After spraying dsRNA-
endoPGs or dsRNA-
RMK1 on the leaves of tobacco plants in field trials once every 7 d and 3 times in total, the relative control efficacies on tobacco target spot 7, 14, 21 d after the first spray were all above 50%.