Development of RNAi methods for Peregrinus maidis, the corn planthopper.

The corn planthopper, Peregrinus maidis, is a major pest of agronomically-important crops. Peregrinus maidis has a large geographical distribution and transmits Maize mosaic rhabdovirus (MMV) and Maize stripe tenuivirus (MSpV). The objective of this study was to develop effective RNAi methods for P....

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Main Authors: Jianxiu Yao, Dorith Rotenberg, Alireza Afsharifar, Karen Barandoc-Alviar, Anna E Whitfield
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3737204?pdf=render