Micro-(mi) RNAs play a pivotal role in the developmental regulation of plants and animals.
We reasoned that disruption of normal heterochronic activity in differentiating Meloidogyne …

Dicers and dicer-like enzymes play an essential role in small RNA processing in eukaryotes.
Nematodes are thought to encode one dicer, DCR-1; only that for Caenorhabditis spp. is …

The analysis of gene function through RNA interference (RNAi)-based reverse genetics in
plant parasitic nematodes (PPNs) remains inexplicably reliant on the use of long double …

Expanding genomic data on plant pathogens open new perspectives for the development of
specific and environment friendly pest management strategies based on the inhibition of …

Until recently, the standard method for RNA interference (RNAi)-based reverse genetics in
plant parasitic nematodes (PPNs) was based on the use of long double-stranded RNA …

Root-knot nematodes (Meloidogyne spp.) are obligate, sedentary endoparasites that infect
many plant species causing large economic losses worldwide. Available nematicides are …

RNA interference (RNAi) has emerged as an invaluable gene-silencing tool for functional
analysis in a wide variety of organisms, particularly the free-living model nematode …

Background Parasitic nematodes threaten the health of humans and livestock and cause a
major financial and socioeconomic burden to modern society. Given the widespread …

Ectopically expressed double-stranded RNAs (dsRNAs) have recently been shown to
suppress parasitic success of Meloidogyne spp. in plants. We have targeted two genes from …

Background Gene silencing by RNA interference (RNAi) is a powerful tool for functional
genomics. Although RNAi was first described in Caenorhabditis elegans, several nematode …