The expanding world population demands superior forest protection to fulfil feasible
environmental certainty. The persistent pest infestations negatively influence forest health …

Chitin is a structural component of the arthropod cuticular exoskeleton and the peritrophic
matrix of the gut, which play crucial roles in growth and development. In the past few …

• Wide use of botanical insecticides is limited by the availability of certain plants.• Studies are
needed to improve RNAi efficiency and to assess their safety risk.• Microbial insecticides are …

Application of pesticides, which encompasses insecticides, fungicides, herbicides,
nematicides etc., being used for plant defence mechanisms, embarrasses pest organisms …

BACKGROUND Hyblaea puera, commonly known as the teak defoliator, is a serious pest in
teak plantations. Despite the availability of control measures, this pest causes losses in yield …

Forest insects are emerging in large extension in response to ongoing climatic changes,
penetrating geographic barriers, utilizing novel hosts, and influencing many hectares of …

RNA interference (RNAi) is a post-transcriptional gene silencing mechanism whereby target
gene messenger RNA (mRNA) is neutralized by double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) …

Climate change and the increasing demand for food by the growing population present
enormous challenges for food security. With a population that will likely grow from 7.5 billion …

Chickpea pod borer, Helicoverpa armigera, displays resistance to chemical insecticides and
transgenics. The potential nontransformative RNAi approach of specific gene silencing by …

RNA interference (RNAi) is a sequence-specific down-regulation in the expression of a
particular gene, induced by double-stranded RNA (dsRNA). Feeding of dsRNA either …