Q.

RNA interference (RNAi) technique has been devised to protect the plants from the nematode. In this technique mRNA of nematode is silenced by _________ produced by the host plant. 

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a

dsDNA

b

ssDNA

c

siRNA

d

Target proteins

answer is C.

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Detailed Solution

Smaller interference RNA of the host silences the nematode specific mRNA by forming double stranded DNA, breaking it into pieces and degrading the nematode RNA single strand pieces. 

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