SILENCING OF AFLATOXIN SYNTHESIS THROUGH RNA INTERFERENCE (RNAI) IN PEANUT PLANTS

• Sponsoring Institution: Agricultural Research Service/USDA
• Project Status: ACTIVE
• Funding Source: USDA COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT
• Reporting Frequency: Annual
• Accession No.: 0426542
• Project Start Date: May 1, 2014
• Project End Date: Jul 30, 2018
• Program Code: [(N/A)]- (N/A)

Recipient Organization
Kenyatta University
P.O. Box 43844-00100, Thika Road
Nairobi,null null

Performing Department
(N/A)

Non Technical Summary
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Animal Health Component

60%

Research Effort Categories

Basic

40%

Applied

60%

Developmental

0%

Classification

Knowledge Area (KA)	Subject of Investigation (SOI)	Field of Science (FOS)	Percent
201	1830	1000	100%

Knowledge Area
201 - Plant Genome, Genetics, and Genetic Mechanisms;

Subject Of Investigation
1830 - Peanut;

Field Of Science
1000 - Biochemistry and biophysics;

Keywords

arachis

hyogaea

groundnut

peanut

cacahuete

silencing

aflatoxin

Goals / Objectives
Generate RNA interference transformed peanuts using African varieties commonly grown in Malawi, using molecular constructs developed at the National Peanut Research Laboratory (NPRL).

Project Methods
Graduate students and scientists from Kenyatta University will be trained at the NPRL on the method to transform peanut. The actual transformation of African cultivars will be done in Kenya to speed up the process of getting improved cultivars to local farmers.