RNAi-mediated plant protection against aphids

Pest Management Science

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1090-1098

  Yu, Xiu Dao ^a,b   Liu, Zong Cai ^a   Huang, Si Liang ^a   Chen, Zhi Qin ^a   Sun, Yong Wei ^b   Duan, Peng Fei ^a   Ma, You Zhi ^b   Xia, Lan Qin ^b  

^a NANYANG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

Author keywords

Aphid control; Double stranded RNA; Plant; RNA interference

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; APHID; CROP YIELD; FUTURE PROSPECT; GENE EXPRESSION; PEST CONTROL; RNA; TRANSGENIC PLANT; VIRUS;

APHIDIDAE; HEXAPODA;

ANIMAL; APHID; CROP; GENETICS; INSECT CONTROL; PARASITOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RNA INTERFERENCE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ANIMALS; APHIDS; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; INSECT CONTROL; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RNA INTERFERENCE;

EID: 84961839839     PISSN: 1526498X     EISSN: 15264998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ps.4258     Document Type: Review

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