Silencing the HaHR3 gene by transgenic plant-mediated RNAi to disrupt Helicoverpa armigera development

International Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 370-381

  Xiong, Yehui ^a   Zeng, Hongmei ^a   Zhang, Yuliang ^a   Xu, Dawei ^a   Qiu, Dewen ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

Author keywords

HaHR3; Helicoverpa armigera; RNAi; Systemic RNAi; Transgenic tobacco plants

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE SILENCING; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HAHR3; HELICOVERPA ARMIGERA; LARVA; METABOLISM; MOTH; PHYSIOLOGY; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNAI; SYSTEMIC RNAI.; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT; TRANSGENIC TOBACCO PLANTS;

HAHR3; HELICOVERPA ARMIGERA; RNAI; SYSTEMIC RNAI.; TRANSGENIC TOBACCO PLANTS;

ANIMALS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE SILENCING; LARVA; MOTHS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RNA INTERFERENCE; TOBACCO;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; HELICOVERPA ARMIGERA; HEXAPODA; NICOTIANA OBTUSIFOLIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 84876512216     PISSN: 14492288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7150/ijbs.5929     Document Type: Article

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