Plants, RNA, and New Genetic Technologies

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A brief overview of the development of RNA technologies in the field of biological control and their application in agricultural practice, data on RNA regulators in ecosystems, and prospects for the development of genetic tools based on the use of RNA is given.

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A. V Kochetov

Federal Research Center Institute of Cytology and Genetics, Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences; Novosibirsk State University; Novosibirsk State Agricultural University

Email: ak@biomet.nsc.ru
Novosibirsk, Russia

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