Perspectives on RNA: RNA Technologies in Plant Science & Agriculture

Perspectives on RNA: RNA Technologies in Plant Science & Agriculture

Wednesday, 29th of April 2026 @ 3 to 4:30PM  EST

• Alejandro Arevalo, Ph.D.
  Head of Fungicide Discovery, GreenLight BioSciences
• Mark Belmonte, Ph.D.
  University of Manitoba
• Steve Whyard, Ph.D.
  University of Manitoba
• Brigo Castillo
  PhD student, Belmonte Lab, University of Manitoba

Topics:

• Introduction to the applications of RNA in plant science and agriculture
• Using RNA technologies to protect crop plants from disease
• Developing the First Commercial Fungicide using Spray Induced Gene Silencing (SIGS) technology
• Control of Crop Pests Using RNA-based Insectides.
  

More details here:

https://www.rnacanada.ca/etn/perspectives-on-rna-rna-technologies-in-plant-science-agriculture/

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