Silencing of Rieske iron-sulfur protein using chemically synthesised siRNA as a potential biopesticide against Plutella xylostella

Pest Management Science

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 514-520

  Gong, Liang ^a   Yang, Xiuqun ^b   Zhang, Biliang ^b   Zhong, Guohua ^a   Hu, Meiying ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Guangzhou Fenghua Bio Engineering Co Ltd   (China)

Author keywords

Biopesticide; Chemically synthesised siRNA; Plutella xylostella; Rieske iron sulfur protein; RNA interference

Indexed keywords

INSECT PROTEIN; IRON SULFUR PROTEIN; RIESKE IRON-SULFUR PROTEIN; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; UBIQUINOL CYTOCHROME C REDUCTASE;

BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BIOPESTICIDE; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; INHIBITOR; IRON; LARVA; LEAFY VEGETABLE; MITOCHONDRION; MORTALITY; MOTH; NUCLEIC ACID; PROTEIN; SULFUR; SURVIVAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; EVALUATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOTH; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SYNTHESIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX III; GENE SILENCING; INSECT PROTEINS; LARVA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOTHS; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA; HEXAPODA; PLUTELLA XYLOSTELLA;

EID: 79953763468     PISSN: 1526498X     EISSN: 15264998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ps.2086     Document Type: Article

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