Progress in RNA interference technique applied in tomato
RNA interference is a gene-silencing technology,which can suppress the expression of corresponding gene.It has been a reverse genetic platform for the gene function research.The RNAi technology is widely used in tomato,an important vegetable crop and a model plant in molecular biology field.This review summarized the application of RNAi in tomato gene function research,quality improvement,resistance to diseases,and analyzed its application prospects in tomato research.