Although several wheat genes differentially expressed during the Russian wheat aphid
resistance response have recently been identified, their requirement for and specific role in …

Main conclusion A WRKY transcription factor identified through forward genetics is
associated with sorghum resistance to the sugarcane aphid and through heterologous …

Virus-induced gene silencing (VIGS) has emerged as a powerful reverse genetic technology
in plants supplementary to stable transgenic RNAi and, in certain species, as a viable …

Background Schizaphis graminum is one of the most important and devastating cereal
aphids worldwide, and its feeding can cause chlorosis and necrosis in wheat. However, little …

Whiteflies, Bemisia tabaci (Hemiptera), are pests causing economic damage to many crops,
capable of transmitting hundreds of plant vector-borne viruses. They are believed to secrete …

Aphids induce many transcriptional perturbations in their host plants, but the signalling
cascades responsible and the effects on plant resistance are largely unknown. Through a …

Aphids are major agricultural pests which cause significant yield losses of crop plants each
year by inflicting damage, both through the direct effects of feeding and by vectoring …

The whitefly (Bemisia tabaci) causes tremendous damage to cotton production worldwide.
However, very limited information is available about how plants perceive and defend …

Wheat, rice, and maize account for more than 85% of the world's cereal production (apps.
fao. org/default. jsp), and the increasing global demand for wheat heightens the need for …

BACKGROUND Chitin is an important component of the insect exoskeleton and peritrophic
membrane. Chitin synthase 1 (CHS1) is a key enzyme in the chitin synthesis pathway, and …