Institut für Resistenzforschung und Stresstoleranz
“RNAi_safe” pursues a methodological approach to answer open questions about the safe use of RNAi technology in plant protection. The project aims at detecting and evaluating of potential exposure pathways and effects of dsRNA-based plant protection products in target organisms (long-term effects), crops (secretion, depot formation) and the extended food web (off-target organisms). Further, it will help in developing expertise to evaluate methods for assessing plant protection products, using RNAi technology as a mode of action. Finally, existing methods for assessing dsRNA-based plant protection products in the risk assessment will be developed and evaluated.
Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture
