Harnessing environmental‐RNAi to win an enduring battle: Plant versus pathogen

Plant- microbiome interactions are sophisticated phenomena with unrevealed fea- tures. Current progress in RNA biology has enlightened the impact of exchanging small RNAs between plants and their associated microbes in altering the battlefield conditions in their favour. The discovery of RNAi and the release of resistant trans- genic plants have raised public health concerns rushing to develop less- invasive con- trol strategies. As an alternative, the topical application of small RNAs to inhibit gene in plant disease management. The present review highlights how plants and their mi- crobial associates send and receive small RNA molecules and that sRNAs and delivery techniques characteristics provide an effective disease control