New Approaches to Agricultural Insect Pest Control Based on RNA Interference

Advances in Insect Physiology

Volumn 42, Issue , 2012, Pages 73-117

  Xue, Xue Yi ^a   Mao, Ying Bo ^a   Tao, Xiao Yuan ^a   Huang, Yong Ping ^a   Chen, Xiao Ya ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

DsRNA delivery; DsRNA feeding; Insect; Pest control; Plant protection; RNA interference; Transgenic plant

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863157527     PISSN: 00652806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-387680-5.00003-3     Document Type: Chapter

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