Transcriptome analysis in cotton boll weevil (Anthonomus grandis) and RNA interference in insect pests.

Transcriptome analysis in cotton boll weevil (Anthonomus grandis) and RNA interference in insect pests.

Cotton plants are subjected to the attack of several insect pests. In Brazil, the cotton boll weevil, Anthonomus grandis, is the most important cotton pest. The use of insecticidal proteins and gene silencing by interference RNA (RNAi) as techniques for insect control are promising strategies, which...

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Main Authors: Alexandre Augusto Pereira Firmino, Fernando Campos de Assis Fonseca, Leonardo Lima Pepino de Macedo, Roberta Ramos Coelho, José Dijair Antonino de Souza, Roberto Coiti Togawa, Orzenil Bonfim Silva-Junior, Georgios Joannis Pappas, Maria Cristina Mattar da Silva, Gilbert Engler, Maria Fatima Grossi-de-Sa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3874031?pdf=render

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