Management of insect pests with Bt crops in the United States

AJ Gassmann, DD Reisig - Annual review of entomology, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Genetically engineered corn and cotton that produce insecticidal toxins derived from the
bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) have been used to manage insect pests in the United …

Mechanisms, applications, and challenges of insect RNA interference

KY Zhu, SR Palli - Annual review of entomology, 2020 - annualreviews.org
The RNA interference (RNAi) triggered by short/small interfering RNA (siRNA) was
discovered in nematodes and found to function in most living organisms. RNAi has been …

Global patterns of insect resistance to transgenic Bt crops: the first 25 years

BE Tabashnik, JA Fabrick… - Journal of Economic …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Crops genetically engineered to produce insecticidal proteins from the bacterium Bacillus
thuringiensis (Bt) have improved pest management and reduced reliance on insecticide …

Double-stranded RNA technology to control insect pests: current status and challenges

O Christiaens, S Whyard, AM Vélez… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Exploiting the RNA interference (RNAi) gene mechanism to silence essential genes in pest
insects, leading to toxic effects, has surfaced as a promising new control strategy in the past …

[HTML][HTML] First sprayable double-stranded RNA-based biopesticide product targets proteasome subunit beta type-5 in Colorado potato beetle (Leptinotarsa …

TB Rodrigues, SK Mishra, K Sridharan… - Frontiers in plant …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Colorado potato beetle (CPB, Leptinotarsa decemlineata) is a major pest of potato and other
solanaceous vegetables in the Northern Hemisphere. The insect feeds on leaves and can …

Nanoparticle‐mediated double‐stranded RNA delivery system: A promising approach for sustainable pest management

S Yan, BY Ren, J Shen - Insect Science, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
RNA interference (RNAi) targeting lethal genes in insects has great potential for sustainable
crop protection. Compared with traditional double‐stranded (ds) RNA delivery systems …

[HTML][HTML] Genetically engineered crops help support conservation biological control

J Romeis, SE Naranjo, M Meissle, AM Shelton - Biological Control, 2019 - Elsevier
Genetically engineered (GE) crops producing insecticidal proteins from Bacillus
thuringiensis (Bt)(mainly Cry proteins) have become a major control tactic for a number of …

Management of pest insects and plant diseases by non-transformative RNAi

D Cagliari, NP Dias, DM Galdeano… - Frontiers in plant …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Since the discovery of RNA interference (RNAi), scientists have made significant progress
towards the development of this unique technology for crop protection. The RNAi …

RNA interference in insects: protecting beneficials and controlling pests

E Vogel, D Santos, L Mingels, TW Verdonckt… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Insects constitute the largest and most diverse group of animals on Earth with an equally
diverse virome. The main antiviral immune system of these animals is the post …

Prospects, challenges and current status of RNAi through insect feeding

N Kunte, E McGraw, S Bell, D Held… - Pest management …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
RNA interference is a phenomenon in which the introduction of double‐stranded RNA
(dsRNA) into cells triggers the degradation of the complementary messenger RNA in a …