RNA interference-mediated knockdown of IAP in Lygus lineolaris induces mortality in adult and pre-adult life stages

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 138, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 83-92

  Walker III, William Benjamin ^a,b   Allen, Margaret Louise ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Alfalfa; Functional genetics; Hemiptera; Inhibitor of apoptosis; Insect molecular biology; Miridae; Pest control; Quantitative Real Time PCR; Tarnished plant bug

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APOPTOSIS; ENTOMOLOGY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; INHIBITOR; INSECT; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAL TIME;

HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; INTRACISTERNAL A-PARTICLES; LYGUS LINEOLARIS; MEDICAGO SATIVA; MIRIDAE;

EID: 78650934178     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: 15707458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1570-7458.2010.01078.x     Document Type: Article

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