Identifying potential RNAi targets in grain aphid (Sitobion avenae F.) based on transcriptome profiling of its alimentary canal after feeding on wheat plants

BMC Genomics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Zhang, Min ^a   Zhou, Yuwen ^b   Wang, Hui ^a   Jones, Huw Dylan ^c   Gao, Qiang ^b   Wang, Dahai ^a   Ma, Youzhi ^a   Xia, Lanqin ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alimentary canal; Aphid control; Artificial feeding assay; Double strand RNA (dsRNA); Grain aphid (Sitobion avenae F.); RNA interference (RNAi); Transcriptome profile

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APHID; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DOWN REGULATION; FEEDING; FLUORESCENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA SEQUENCE; SITOBION AVENAE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSCRIPTOMICS; UPREGULATION; WHEAT;

ANIMALS; APHIDS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; GENES, INSECT; HERBIVORY; RNA INTERFERENCE; TRANSCRIPTOME; TRITICUM;

EID: 84882600971     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-14-560     Document Type: Article

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