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 …

[HTML][HTML] RNA-based technologies for insect control in plant production

S Liu, M Jaouannet, DMA Dempsey, J Imani… - Biotechnology …, 2020 - Elsevier
RNA interference (RNAi) is a biological process in which small RNA (sRNA) molecules
sequence-specifically silence gene expression at the transcriptional or post-transcriptional …

Perspectives for nano-biotechnology enabled protection and nutrition of plants

V Ghormade, MV Deshpande, KM Paknikar - Biotechnology advances, 2011 - Elsevier
Indiscriminate use of pesticides and fertilizers causes environmental pollution, emergence of
agricultural pests and pathogens, and loss of biodiversity. Nanotechnology, by virtue 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 …

The next generation of insecticides: dsRNA is stable as a foliar‐applied insecticide

K San Miguel, JG Scott - Pest management science, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND RNAi is a powerful tool used to study gene function. It also has been
hypothesized to be a promising new method for control of insect pests on crops, although …

Towards the elements of successful insect RNAi

JG Scott, K Michel, LC Bartholomay… - Journal of insect …, 2013 - Elsevier
RNA interference (RNAi), the sequence-specific suppression of gene expression, offers
great opportunities for insect science, especially to analyze gene function, manage pest …

Mechanisms of dsRNA uptake in insects and potential of RNAi for pest control: a review

H Huvenne, G Smagghe - Journal of insect physiology, 2010 - Elsevier
RNA interference already proved its usefulness in functional genomic research on insects,
but it also has considerable potential for the control of pest insects. For this purpose, the …

RNAi technology: a new platform for crop pest control

B Mamta, MV Rajam - Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants, 2017 - Springer
The insect pests are big threat in meeting the food demands for future generation. The
present pest control strategies, including the existing transgenic approaches show certain …

Ingested double-stranded RNAs can act as species-specific insecticides

S Whyard, AD Singh, S Wong - Insect biochemistry and molecular biology, 2009 - Elsevier
A serious shortcoming of many insecticides is that they can kill non-target species. To
address this issue, we harnessed the sequence specificity of RNA interference (RNAi) to …

Delivery of dsRNA for RNAi in insects: an overview and future directions

N Yu, O Christiaens, J Liu, J Niu, K Cappelle… - Insect …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
RNA interference (RNAi) refers to the process of exogenous double‐stranded RNA (dsRNA)
silencing the complementary endogenous messenger RNA. RNAi has been widely used in …