RNA interference (RNAi), the sequence-specific suppression of gene expression, offers
great opportunities for insect science, especially to analyze gene function, manage pest …

Recent investigations documented that plants can uptake and process externally applied
double-stranded RNAs (dsRNAs), hairpin RNAs (hpRNAs), and small interfering RNAs …

RNA interference (RNAi) has previously been shown to be effective in western corn
rootworm (WCR, Diabrotica virgifera virgifera LeConte) larvae via oral delivery of synthetic …

The globally distributed ectoparasite Varroa destructor is a vector for viral pathogens of the
Western honeybee (Apis mellifera), in particular the Iflavirus Deformed Wing Virus (DWV). In …

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 …

Here we report the genome sequence of the honeybee Apis mellifera, a key model for social
behaviour and essential to global ecology through pollination. Compared with other …

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 …

In most animals, longevity is achieved at the expense of fertility, but queen honey bees do
not show this tradeoff. Queens are both long-lived and fertile, whereas workers, derived from …

Downregulation of the expression of specific genes through RNA interference (RNAi), has
been widely used for genetic research in insects. The method has relied on the injection of …

Research on aging shows that regulatory pathways of fertility and senescence are closely
interlinked. However, evolutionary theories on social species propose that lifelong care for …