Establishing an in vivo assay system to identify components involved in environmental RNA interference in the western corn rootworm.

The discovery of environmental RNA interference (RNAi), in which gene expression is suppressed via feeding with double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) molecules, opened the door to the practical application of RNAi-based techniques in crop pest management. The western corn rootworm (WCR, Diabrotica virgifera v...

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Main Authors: Keita Miyata, Parthasarathy Ramaseshadri, Yuanji Zhang, Gerrit Segers, Renata Bolognesi, Yoshinori Tomoyasu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4086966?pdf=render