A Yeast RNA-Interference Pesticide Targeting the <i>Irx</i> Gene Functions as a Broad-Based Mosquito Larvicide and Adulticide

A Yeast RNA-Interference Pesticide Targeting the <i>Irx</i> Gene Functions as a Broad-Based Mosquito Larvicide and Adulticide

Concerns for widespread insecticide resistance and the unintended impacts of insecticides on nontarget organisms have generated a pressing need for mosquito control innovations. A yeast RNAi-based insecticide that targets a conserved site in mosquito <i>Irx</i> family genes, but which ha...

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Main Authors: Keshava Mysore, Longhua Sun, Limb K. Hapairai, Chien-Wei Wang, Jessica Igiede, Joseph B. Roethele, Nicholas D. Scheel, Max P. Scheel, Ping Li, Na Wei, David W. Severson, Molly Duman-Scheel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-11-01
Series:Insects
Subjects:
<i>Aedes albopictus</i>
<i>Aedes aegypti</i>
<i>Anopheles gambiae</i>
ATSB
<i>Culex quinquefasciatus</i>
insecticide
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4450/12/11/986

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