Silencing of acetylcholinesterase gene of Helicoverpa armigera by siRNA affects larval growth and its life cycle

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 273-278

  Kumar, Maneesh ^a   Gupta, Gorakh Prasad ^b   Rajam, Manchikatla Venkat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^b INDIAN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Acetylcholinesterase; Growth and development; Helicoverpa armigera; RNAi; siRNA

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

ARTIFICIAL DIET; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FECUNDITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH RESPONSE; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; LIFE CYCLE; MORTALITY; MOTH; RNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; GENE SILENCING; GENETICS; GROWTH; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; MOTH; PHYSIOLOGY; RNA INTERFERENCE;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ANIMALS; GENE SILENCING; GROWTH; LARVA; MOTHS; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING;

ARTHROPODA; HELICOVERPA ARMIGERA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 59649091890     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2008.12.005     Document Type: Article

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