Huanglongbing pandemic: current challenges and emerging management strategies

D Ghosh, S Kokane, BK Savita, P Kumar, AK Sharma… - Plants, 2022 - mdpi.com
Huanglongbing (HLB, aka citrus greening), one of the most devastating diseases of citrus,
has wreaked havoc on the global citrus industry in recent decades. The culprit behind such …

RNAi as a foliar spray: efficiency and challenges to field applications

BTL Hoang, SJ Fletcher, CA Brosnan… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
RNA interference (RNAi) is a powerful tool that is being increasingly utilized for crop
protection against viruses, fungal pathogens, and insect pests. The non-transgenic …

RNA-interference-mediated aphid control in crop plants: a review

J Zhang, H Li, X Zhong, J Tian, A Segers, L Xia… - Agriculture, 2022 - mdpi.com
Crop plants suffer severe yield losses due to the significant damages caused by aphids.
RNA interference (RNAi) technology is a versatile and environmentally friendly method for …

Precision trunk injection technology for treatment of huanglongbing (HLB)-affected citrus trees—A review

M Li, Z Nangong - Journal of Plant Diseases and Protection, 2022 - Springer
The outbreak and spread of huanglongbing (HLB) disease have brought about tremendous
negative effects and economical losses on citrus production all over the world. The scientists …

Characteristics of environmental RNAi in potato psyllid, Bactericera cockerelli (Sulc) (Hemiptera: Psylloidea: Triozidae)

M Mondal, M Carver, JK Brown - Frontiers in Physiology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
RNA interference (RNAi) has potential to become a major tool for integrated management of
insect pests of agricultural crops based on sequence-specificity and low doses of rapidly …

Knockdown of ecdysteroid synthesis genes results in impaired molting and high mortality in Bactericera cockerelli (Hemiptera: Triozidae)

JR Paredes‐Montero, U Arif… - Pest management …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND RNA‐mediated interference (RNAi) has become a promising biopesticide
technology with which to direct sequence‐specific gene knockdown of key targets in the …

Double-Strand RNA (dsRNA) Delivery Methods in Insects: Diaphorina citri

Y Santos-Ortega, A Flynt - RNAi Strategies for Pest Management: Methods …, 2022 - Springer
RNAi is a gene-silencing mechanism conserved in the vast majority of eukaryotes. It is
widely used to study gene function in animals due to the ease of eliciting gene knockdown …

Stability Evaluation of DsRNA and DNA Encapsulated in Chitosan Nanoparticles

LMD Mudo, AFS Queiroz, NF de Melo, MAG Barbosa… - BioNanoScience, 2022 - Springer
The polyelectrolyte effect of polysaccharides can be exploited in biotechnological systems
for the encapsulation and transport of nucleic acids (NA). The main target applications could …

Rnai-Mediated Knockdown of Sugar Metabolism and Transport Genes in Bactericera Cockerelli (SULC)

N Arad - 2022 - search.proquest.com
The citrus greening disease is among the most damaging disease of citrus known to be
caused by an insect-transmitted, fastidious bacterial pathogen. In this study, five genes …

[PDF][PDF] Knockdown of ecdysteroid synthesis genes results in impaired molting and high mortality

JR Paredes-Montero, U Arifc, JK Browna - 2022 - researchgate.net
BACKGROUND: RNA-mediated interference (RNAi) has become a promising biopesticide
technology with which to direct sequence-specific gene knockdown of key targets in the …