Systemic RNAi in western corn rootworm, Diabrotica virgifera virgifera, does not involve transitive pathways

Insect Science

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 45-56

  Li, Huarong ^a   Bowling, Andrew J ^a   Gandra, Premchand ^a   Rangasamy, Murugesan ^a   Pence, Heather E ^a   McEwan, Robert E ^a   Khajuria, Chitvan ^b,c   Siegfried, Blair D ^d   Narva, Kenneth E ^a  

^a DOW AGROSCIENCES LLC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c MONSANTO COMPANY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

corn rootworm; Diabrotica; secondary siRNA production; systemic RNAi; transitive RNAi

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BEETLE; LARVA; RNA INTERFERENCE;

ANIMALS; COLEOPTERA; LARVA; RNA INTERFERENCE;

EID: 85003443723     PISSN: 16729609     EISSN: 17447917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1744-7917.12382     Document Type: Article

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