Small RNA regulators of plant-hemipteran interactions: Micromanagers with versatile roles

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 7, Issue AUG2016, 2016, Pages

  Sattar, Sampurna ^a   Thompson, Gary A ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hemiptera; Resistance; RNAi; sRNAs; Viral immunity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986567831     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2016.01241     Document Type: Article

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