Validation of RNA interference in western corn rootworm Diabrotica virgifera virgifera LeConte (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) adults

Pest Management Science

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 587-591

  Rangasamy, Murugesan ^a   Siegfried, Blair D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene silencing; RNA interference; VATPase; Western corn rootworm

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; INSECT PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTIFICIAL DIET; BAIT; BEETLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOMICS; GROWTH REGULATOR; MORTALITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN; RNA; TERPENE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; EVALUATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INSECT CONTROL; LARVA; MAIZE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; RNA INTERFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INSECT CONTROL; INSECT PROTEINS; LARVA; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT DISEASES; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, DOUBLE-STRANDED; ZEA MAYS;

CHRYSOMELIDAE; COLEOPTERA; DIABROTICA VIRGIFERA VIRGIFERA; DIABROTICINA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 84858025331     PISSN: 1526498X     EISSN: 15264998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ps.2301     Document Type: Article

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