Many phloem-feeding insects are considered severe pests of agriculture and are controlled
mainly by chemical insecticides. Continued extensive use of these inputs is environmentally …

In planta RNAi (ie plants engineered to synthesize active RNAi molecules) has great
potential as a strategy to control insect crop pests. This study investigated the impact of RNAi …

In planta RNAi against essential insect genes offers a promising route to control insect crop
pests, but is constrained for many insect groups, notably phloem sap-feeding hemipterans …

Whiteflies cause considerable losses to crops, directly by feeding, and indirectly by
transmission of viruses. The current control methods consist of a combination of different …

Plants protect themselves with a vast array of toxic secondary metabolites, yet most plants
serve as food for insects. The evolutionary processes that allow herbivorous insects to resist …

Abstract Background Whitefly (Bemisia tabaci) is a typical pest that causes severe damage
to hundreds of agricultural crops. The trehalose‐6‐phosphate synthase (TPS) genes, as the …

Control of the whitefly Bemisia tabaci (Genn.) agricultural pest and plant virus vector relies
on the use of chemical insecticides. RNA-interference (RNAi) is a homology-dependent …

Intracellular symbiosis impacts many aspects of insect biology, and disruption of these
symbioses is a novel insect-pest-control strategy. Horizontally transferred genes (HTGs) are …

Abstract Background Plant-mediated RNAi (PMRi) silencing of insect genes has enormous
potential for crop protection, but whether it works robustly under field conditions, particularly …

Plant-mediated RNA interference (RNAi) holds great promise for insect pest control, as
plants can be transformed to produce double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) to selectively down …