{"id":2708,"date":"2020-12-07T11:28:31","date_gmt":"2020-12-07T11:28:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iplantprotect.pt\/?p=2708"},"modified":"2025-05-08T13:41:26","modified_gmt":"2025-05-08T13:41:26","slug":"iplanta-debates-rnai-technology","status":"publish","type":"eventos","link":"https:\/\/iplantprotect.pt\/en\/eventos\/iplanta-debate-tecnologia-rnai\/","title":{"rendered":"iPlanta debates RNAi technology"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/easb4aajaue.exactdn.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/iplanta-1024x149.jpg?strip=all&w=800\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2709\" width=\"828\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The iPlanta conferences returned this year in a different format to usual, with three webinars on RNA intervention technology (RNAi) and a panel of speakers made up of international researchers.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After the theme \u201cDevelopment of RNAi-based pesticides: new opportunities\u201d on December 1, the 4th edition of the iPlanta conferences starts again today at 5pm, this time dedicated to the environmental biosafety of RNAi-based pesticides. The third and final day of the event will be on December 14, also at 5pm, where regulatory issues will be discussed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Participation is free but requires&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.iplantawebinars.com\/\">registration<\/a>. Watch the videos of the first session&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=SqhxHCZlpqY&amp;feature=emb_logo\">here<\/a>&nbsp;e&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=QWCnFarTxuk&amp;feature=emb_logo\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>iPlanta is a COST action, a European organization that promotes and funds the&nbsp;<em>networking<\/em>&nbsp;in research and technology. Chaired by Bruno Mezzetti, it aims to review existing and future applications of RNAi, create a bioinformatics database, develop specific biosafety protocols, define post-market monitoring requirements and methods for RNAi plants, and encourage, promote and disseminate research reports by scientists involved in RNAi-related studies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The importance of the iPlanta Conferences lies in the urgent need to find more effective solutions, through the application of RNAi, one of the new breeding techniques, to combat the pathogenic interactions faced by crops, which are responsible for the loss of substantial amounts of agricultural production worldwide, including in Portugal, where around 40 % of crops are lost every year. In global terms, the figures are similar: according to estimates by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), between 20% and 40% of crops are destroyed every year due to pests and diseases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With the estimated increase in population, modern agriculture is facing one of its greatest challenges: guaranteeing food supplies for 10 billion people in just 30 years' time. The application of RNAi technology promises to respond effectively to this challenge.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 4th edition of the iPlanta conferences resumes today at 5pm, this time dedicated to the environmental biosafety of RNAi-based pesticides. <\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2709,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[26],"tags":[77],"class_list":["post-2708","eventos","type-eventos","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","tag-pesticidas"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iplantprotect.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/eventos\/2708","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iplantprotect.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/eventos"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iplantprotect.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/eventos"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iplantprotect.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/iplantprotect.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/eventos\/2708\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15128,"href":"https:\/\/iplantprotect.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/eventos\/2708\/revisions\/15128"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iplantprotect.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2709"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iplantprotect.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2708"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iplantprotect.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2708"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iplantprotect.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}