Oral delivery of double-stranded RNA induces prolonged and systemic gene knockdown in Metaseiulus occidentalis only after feeding on Tetranychus urticae

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 171-187

  Wu, Ke ^a   Hoy, Marjorie A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

dsRNA ingestion; Metaseiulus occidentalis; RNAi; Tetranychus urticae

Indexed keywords

BIOCONTROL AGENT; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; DIET; EGG PRODUCTION; GENE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MITE; PREDATOR; RNA; SUCROSE;

ACARI; METASEIULUS OCCIDENTALIS; TETRANYCHIDAE; TETRANYCHUS URTICAE;

DOUBLE STRANDED RNA;

ANIMAL; FEMALE; GENE SILENCING; GENETICS; MALE; MITE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; RNA INTERFERENCE; TETRANYCHIDAE;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; FEMALE; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; MALE; MITES; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, DOUBLE-STRANDED; TETRANYCHIDAE;

EID: 84900029796     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: 15729702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10493-014-9772-4     Document Type: Article

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