Gene silencing by RNAi via oral delivery of dsRNA by bacteria in the South American tomato pinworm, Tuta absoluta.

Flavia Moura Manoel Bento Rodrigo N Marques Felippe B Campana Clarice Garcia Borges Demétrio Roseli A Leandro José Roberto Postali Parra Antonio Figueira

Published in: Pest management science (2019)

Bacteria expressing dsRNA targeting essential T. absoluta genes supplied in artificial diet are efficient to screen RNAi target-genes. The oral delivery of dsRNA by bacteria is a novel potential alternative for the control of T. absoluta based on RNAi. © 2019 Society of Chemical Industry.

Keyphrases

genome wide
physical activity
genome wide identification
high throughput
weight loss
gene expression
transcription factor