Development and characterization of the first dsRNA-resistant insect population from western corn rootworm, Diabrotica virgifera virgifera LeConte

PLoS ONE

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2018, Pages

  Khajuria, Chitvan ^a   Ivashuta, Sergey ^a   Wiggins, Elizabeth ^a   Flagel, Lex ^a   Moar, William ^a   Pleau, Michael ^a   Miller, Kaylee ^a   Zhang, Yuanji ^a   Ramaseshadri, Parthasarathy ^a   Jiang, Changjian ^a   Hodge, Tracey ^a   Jensen, Peter ^a   Chen, Mao ^a   Gowda, Anilkumar ^a   McNulty, Brian ^a   Vazquez, Cara ^a   Bolognesi, Renata ^a   Haas, Jeffrey ^a   Head, Graham ^a   Clark, Thomas ^a  

^a MONSANTO COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CRY3BB1 PROTEIN; DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL INHERITANCE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS RESISTANCE; DIABROTICA VIRGIFERA VIRGIFERA; GENE LOCUS; INSECT RESISTANCE; MAIZE; NONHUMAN; RECESSIVE INHERITANCE; RNA INTERFERENCE; ANIMAL; BEETLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; GENETICS; PARASITOLOGY; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; COLEOPTERA; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; RNA, DOUBLE-STRANDED; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 85046956942     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0197059     Document Type: Article

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