Host-delivered-RNAi-mediated resistance in bananas against biotic stresses

Both the biotic and abiotic stressors restrict yield potential of many crops, including bananas. Bananas belong to genus Musa are world’s most popular widely produced fruit for their nutritional industrial importance. The demand bananas is growing each day worldwide. However, different pest infestations hampering production bananas, making it a matter concern global food security. Several biotechnological tools applications RNA interference (RNAi) have been employed enhance stress resistance in plants. capacity silence targeted genes at transcriptional post-transcriptional levels makes RNAi technique choice gene knock-down functional genomics studies crops. Silencing suppressor molecule coding through helps crops combat detrimental effects plant pathogens. host-induced silencing (HIGS) technology, also known as host-delivered (HD-RNAi), nowadays gaining popularity due its ability target an array pathogens, comprising bacteria, nematodes, fungi, viruses, insects. This methodology manage disease outbreaks diverse range crop species, Besides HIGS, virus-induced spray-induced (VIGS SIGS, respectively) approaches where technology exploited control plant-pathogenic diseases. current review emphasizes kinds diseases HD-RNAi, new-age promising build barrier against significant economic loss.