RNA interference technology in crop protection against arthropod pests, pathogens and nematodes

M Zotti, EA Dos Santos, D Cagliari… - Pest management …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Scientists have made significant progress in understanding and unraveling several aspects
of double‐stranded RNA (dsRNA)‐mediated gene silencing during the last two decades …

Tribolium castaneum: A Model Insect for Fundamental and Applied Research

JF Campbell, CG Athanassiou… - Annual Review of …, 2022 - annualreviews.org
Tribolium castaneum has a long history as a model species in many distinct subject areas,
but improved connections among the genetics, genomics, behavioral, ecological, and pest …

[HTML][HTML] Enhanced genome assembly and a new official gene set for Tribolium castaneum

N Herndon, J Shelton, L Gerischer, P Ioannidis… - BMC genomics, 2020 - Springer
Background The red flour beetle Tribolium castaneum has emerged as an important model
organism for the study of gene function in development and physiology, for ecological and …

[HTML][HTML] The red flour beetle T. castaneum: elaborate genetic toolkit and unbiased large scale RNAi screening to study insect biology and evolution

M Klingler, G Bucher - EvoDevo, 2022 - Springer
The red flour beetle Tribolium castaneum has emerged as an important insect model system
for a variety of topics. With respect to studying gene function, it is second only to the vinegar …

[HTML][HTML] The iBeetle large-scale RNAi screen reveals gene functions for insect development and physiology

C Schmitt-Engel, D Schultheis, J Schwirz… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
Genetic screens are powerful tools to identify the genes required for a given biological
process. However, for technical reasons, comprehensive screens have been restricted to …

[HTML][HTML] Tribolium beetles as a model system in evolution and ecology

MD Pointer, MJG Gage, LG Spurgin - Heredity, 2021 - nature.com
Flour beetles of the genus Tribolium have been utilised as informative study systems for over
a century and contributed to major advances across many fields. This review serves to …

[HTML][HTML] Large scale RNAi screen in Tribolium reveals novel target genes for pest control and the proteasome as prime target

J Ulrich, VA Dao, U Majumdar, C Schmitt-Engel… - BMC genomics, 2015 - Springer
Background Insect pest control is challenged by insecticide resistance and negative impact
on ecology and health. One promising pest specific alternative is the generation of …

Arthropod segmentation

E Clark, AD Peel, M Akam - Development, 2019 - journals.biologists.com
There is now compelling evidence that many arthropods pattern their segments using a
clock-and-wavefront mechanism, analogous to that operating during vertebrate …

[HTML][HTML] Gene silencing in Tribolium castaneum as a tool for the targeted identification of candidate RNAi targets in crop pests

E Knorr, E Fishilevich, L Tenbusch, MLF Frey… - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
RNAi shows potential as an agricultural technology for insect control, yet, a relatively low
number of robust lethal RNAi targets have been demonstrated to control insects of …

NHA1 is a cation/proton antiporter essential for the water-conserving functions of the rectal complex in Tribolium castaneum

MT Naseem, R Beaven, T Koyama… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
More than half of all extant metazoan species on earth are insects. The evolutionary success
of insects is linked with their ability to osmoregulate, suggesting that they have evolved …