Developmental control of a lepidopteran pest Spodoptera exigua by ingestion of bacteria expressing dsRNA of a non-midgut gene

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2009, Pages

  Tian, Honggang ^a   Peng, Han ^a   Yao, Qiong ^a   Chen, Hongxin ^a   Xie, Qi ^b   Tang, Bin ^a   Zhang, Wenqing ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHITIN SYNTHASE; CHITIN SYNTHASE A; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; PROTEIN; SYSTEMIC RNA INTERFERENCE DEFECTIVE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DOUBLE STRANDED RNA;

ARMYWORM; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD INTAKE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; INSECT CONTROL; INSECT DEVELOPMENT; LARVA; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEST CONTROL; PUPA (LIFE CYCLE STAGE); RNA INTERFERENCE; SPODOPTERA EXIGUA; SURVIVAL RATE; TISSUE STRUCTURE; ANIMAL; BACTERIUM; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEXAPODA; SPODOPTERA EXIGUA;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BASE SEQUENCE; CHITIN SYNTHASE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LARVA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PHYLOGENY; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, DOUBLE-STRANDED; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SPODOPTERA;

EID: 67650677054     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0006225     Document Type: Article

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