Lepidopteran insect species-specific, broad-spectrum, and systemic RNA interference by spraying dsRNA on larvae

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 155, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 218-228

  Zhang, Hao ^a,b   Li, Haichao ^b   Guan, Ruobing ^b   Miao, Xuexia ^b  

^a NINGBO UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Helicoverpa armigera; Ostrinia furnacalis; Lepidoptera; Noctuidae; Pest control; Pyralidae; RNAi; SiRNA; Storage protein

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CHEMICAL PROPERTY; GENE EXPRESSION; LARVA; MORTALITY; MOTH; PEST CONTROL; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN; RNA; SPRAY;

HELICOVERPA ARMIGERA; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; NOCTUIDAE; OSTRINIA FURNACALIS; PYRALIDAE;

EID: 84928770075     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: 15707458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/eea.12300     Document Type: Article

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