Gene silencing goes viral and uncovers the private life of plants

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 140, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 91-102

  Stratmann, Johannes W ^a   Hind, Sarah R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Herbivory; Plant arthropod interactions; Plant insect interactions; Plant pollinator interactions; Reverse genetics; Virus induced gene silencing

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; CEREAL; DICOTYLEDON; EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HERBIVORY; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; MUTATION; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; SEEDLING; VIRUS;

ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; DICOTYLEDONEAE; HEXAPODA;

EID: 79960343790     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: 15707458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1570-7458.2011.01147.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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