RNA interference: A promising biopesticide strategy against the African Sweetpotato Weevil Cylas brunneus

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Christiaens, Olivier ^a   Prentice, Katterinne ^a,b   Pertry, Ine ^a,c   Ghislain, Marc ^b   Bailey, Ana ^d   Niblett, Chuck ^d   Gheysen, Godelieve ^a   Smagghe, Guy ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b INTERNATIONAL POTATO CENTER   (Kenya)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

^d Venganza Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CUTICLE PROTEINS, INSECTS; DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; INSECT PROTEIN; LACCASE; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; TRANSCRIPTOME;

ANIMAL; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENT; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; EVALUATION STUDY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INSECT CONTROL; LARVA; LD50; METABOLISM; MICROINJECTION; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PHENOTYPE; PROCEDURES; RNA INTERFERENCE; WEEVIL;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENTS; INSECT CONTROL; INSECT PROTEINS; LACCASE; LARVA; LETHAL DOSE 50; MICROINJECTIONS; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PHENOTYPE; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, DOUBLE-STRANDED; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; TRANSCRIPTOME; WEEVILS;

EID: 85006043770     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep38836     Document Type: Article

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