United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service

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RNAi-mediated Control of Aflatoxins in Peanut: Method to Analyze Mycotoxin Production and Transgene Expression in the Peanut/Aspergillus Pathosystem

Renée S. Arias¹, Phat M. Dang¹, Victor S. Sobolev¹

¹National Peanut Research Laboratory, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service

We demonstrate a method for the analysis of aflatoxins and transgene expression in peanut seeds that contain RNA-interference signals for silencing aflatoxin-synthesis genes in the fungus Aspergillus flavus. RNAi-mediated control of mycotoxins in plants has not been reported previously.