Next-generation insect-resistant plants: RNAi-mediated crop protection

J Zhang, SA Khan, DG Heckel, R Bock - Trends in biotechnology, 2017 - cell.com
Plant-mediated RNA interference (RNAi) shows great potential in crop protection. It relies on
plants stably expressing double-stranded RNAs (dsRNAs) that target essential genes in pest …

Nanoparticle‐mediated double‐stranded RNA delivery system: A promising approach for sustainable pest management

S Yan, BY Ren, J Shen - Insect Science, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
RNA interference (RNAi) targeting lethal genes in insects has great potential for sustainable
crop protection. Compared with traditional double‐stranded (ds) RNA delivery systems …

Efficient control of western flower thrips by plastid-mediated RNA interference

M Wu, Y Dong, Q Zhang, S Li… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Plastid-mediated RNA interference (PM-RNAi) has emerged as a promising strategy for pest
control. Expression from the plastid genome of stable double-stranded RNAs (dsRNAs) …

Strategies for enhanced crop resistance to insect pests

AE Douglas - Annual review of plant biology, 2018 - annualreviews.org
Insect pests are responsible for substantial crop losses worldwide through direct damage
and transmission of plant diseases, and novel approaches that complement or replace …

RNA interference mechanisms and applications in plant pathology

C Rosa, YW Kuo, H Wuriyanghan… - Annual review of …, 2018 - annualreviews.org
The origin of RNA interference (RNAi), the cell sentinel system widely shared among
eukaryotes that recognizes RNAs and specifically degrades or prevents their translation in …

Genetically modified organism-free RNA interference: exogenous application of RNA molecules in plants

A Dalakouras, M Wassenegger, E Dadami… - Plant …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Genetically Modified Organism-Free RNA Interference: Exogenous Application of RNA Molecules
in Plants1 [OPEN] | Plant Physiology | Oxford Academic Skip to Main Content Advertisement …

Species sensitivity to toxic substances: Evolution, ecology and applications

D Spurgeon, E Lahive, A Robinson, S Short… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Because it is only possible to test chemicals for effects on a restricted range of species and
exposure scenarios, ecotoxicologists are faced with a significant challenge of how to …

Engineering the plastid and mitochondrial genomes of flowering plants

P Maliga - Nature Plants, 2022 - nature.com
Engineering the plastid genome based on homologous recombination is well developed in
a few model species. Homologous recombination is also the rule in mitochondria, but …

Strategies for enhancing the efficiency of RNA interference in insects

K Silver, AMW Cooper, KY Zhu - Pest Management Science, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Low RNA interference (RNAi) efficiency in many insect pests has significantly prevented its
widespread application for insect pest management. This article provides a comprehensive …

Improving RNAi efficiency for pest control in crop species

S Yan, B Ren, B Zeng, J Shen - BioTechniques, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
The application of RNAi promotes the development of novel approaches toward plant
protection in a sustainable way. Genetically modified crops expressing dsRNA have been …