RNA interference technology in crop protection against arthropod pests, pathogens and nematodes

M Zotti, EA Dos Santos, D Cagliari… - Pest management …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Scientists have made significant progress in understanding and unraveling several aspects
of double‐stranded RNA (dsRNA)‐mediated gene silencing during the last two decades …

Towards the elements of successful insect RNAi

JG Scott, K Michel, LC Bartholomay… - Journal of insect …, 2013 - Elsevier
RNA interference (RNAi), the sequence-specific suppression of gene expression, offers
great opportunities for insect science, especially to analyze gene function, manage pest …

Characterizing the Mechanism of Action of Double-Stranded RNA Activity against Western Corn Rootworm (Diabrotica virgifera virgifera LeConte)

R Bolognesi, P Ramaseshadri, J Anderson… - 2012 - journals.plos.org
RNA interference (RNAi) has previously been shown to be effective in western corn
rootworm (WCR, Diabrotica virgifera virgifera LeConte) larvae via oral delivery of synthetic …

Mechanisms of dsRNA uptake in insects and potential of RNAi for pest control: a review

H Huvenne, G Smagghe - Journal of insect physiology, 2010 - Elsevier
RNA interference already proved its usefulness in functional genomic research on insects,
but it also has considerable potential for the control of pest insects. For this purpose, the …

Biopesticides: state of the art and future opportunities

JN Seiber, J Coats, SO Duke… - Journal of agricultural and …, 2014 - ACS Publications
The use of biopesticides and related alternative management products is increasing. New
tools, including semiochemicals and plant-incorporated protectants (PIPs), as well as …

Insecticide resistance and management strategies in urban ecosystems

F Zhu, L Lavine, S O'Neal, M Lavine, C Foss, D Walsh - Insects, 2016 - mdpi.com
The increased urbanization of a growing global population makes imperative the
development of sustainable integrated pest management (IPM) strategies for urban pest …

Ingested double-stranded RNAs can act as species-specific insecticides

S Whyard, AD Singh, S Wong - Insect biochemistry and molecular biology, 2009 - Elsevier
A serious shortcoming of many insecticides is that they can kill non-target species. To
address this issue, we harnessed the sequence specificity of RNA interference (RNAi) to …

Chitosan/double‐stranded RNA nanoparticle‐mediated RNA interference to silence chitin synthase genes through larval feeding in the African malaria mosquito …

X Zhang, J Zhang, KY Zhu - Insect molecular biology, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
The purpose of this study was to examine whether the expression of two chitin synthase
genes, AgCHS1 and AgCHS2, can be repressed by chitosan/AgCHS dsRNA‐based …

Delivery of dsRNA for RNAi in insects: an overview and future directions

N Yu, O Christiaens, J Liu, J Niu, K Cappelle… - Insect …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
RNA interference (RNAi) refers to the process of exogenous double‐stranded RNA (dsRNA)
silencing the complementary endogenous messenger RNA. RNAi has been widely used in …

Knockdown of Midgut Genes by dsRNA-Transgenic Plant-Mediated RNA Interference in the Hemipteran Insect Nilaparvata lugens

W Zha, X Peng, R Chen, B Du, L Zhu, G He - PloS one, 2011 - journals.plos.org
Background RNA interference (RNAi) is a powerful technique for functional genomics
research in insects. Transgenic plants producing double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) directed …