RNA interference: applications and advances in insect toxicology and insect pest management

YH Kim, MS Issa, AMW Cooper, KY Zhu - Pesticide Biochemistry and …, 2015 - Elsevier
Since its discovery, RNA interference (RNAi) has revolutionized functional genomic studies
due to its sequence-specific nature of post-transcriptional gene silencing. In this paper, we …

Whitefly–Plant Interactions: An Integrated Molecular Perspective

S Morin, PW Atkinson, LL Walling - Annual Review of …, 2024 - annualreviews.org
The rapid advances in available transcriptomic and genomic data and our understanding of
the physiology and biochemistry of whitefly–plant interactions have allowed us to gain new …

Mercury resistance and bioremediation mediated by endophytic fungi

W Pietro-Souza, F de Campos Pereira, IS Mello… - Chemosphere, 2020 - Elsevier
The present study proposes the use of endophytic fungi for mercury bioremediation in in
vitro and host-associated systems. We examined mercury resistance in 32 strains of …

RNA interference of two glutathione S‐transferase genes, Diaphorina citri DcGSTe2 and DcGSTd1, increases the susceptibility of Asian citrus psyllid (Hemiptera …

X Yu, N Killiny - Pest Management Science, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND The Asian citrus psyllid, Diaphorina citri Kuwayama, is an important
agricultural pest of citrus globally. Foliar application of chemical insecticides is the most …

Functional characterization of a novel λ‐cyhalothrin metabolizing glutathione S‐transferase, CpGSTe3, from the codling moth Cydia pomonella

C Hu, W Wang, D Ju, GM Chen, XL Tan… - Pest management …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND Recent work has shown that two codling moth (Cydia pomonella)
glutathione S‐transferase genes (GSTs), CpGSTd1 and CpGSTd3, can metabolize λ …

Contribution of Glutathione S-Transferases to Imidacloprid Resistance in Nilaparvata lugens

B Yang, X Lin, N Yu, H Gao, Y Zhang… - Journal of Agricultural …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The importance of glutathione S-transferases (GSTs) in imidacloprid resistance in
Nilaparvata lugens, a major rice pest, and other insects was often excluded, mostly due to …

[HTML][HTML] Diverse strategies conferring extreme cadmium (Cd) tolerance in the dark septate endophyte (DSE), Exophiala pisciphila: evidence from RNA-seq data

D Zhao, T Li, J Wang, Z Zhao - Microbiological Research, 2015 - Elsevier
Dark septate endophytes (DSE) ubiquitously colonize the roots of plants growing in extreme
heavy metals (HMs)-contaminated soils. Little is known about the overall molecular …

The roles of GSTs in fipronil resistance in Nilaparvata lugens: Over-expression and expression induction

H Gao, X Lin, B Yang, Z Liu - Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology, 2021 - Elsevier
As one of the most important detoxification enzymes in insects, Glutathione S-transferases
(GSTs) play key roles in insecticide resistance via direct metabolism and protection against …

Plant-Mediated Silencing of the Whitefly Bemisia tabaci Cyclophilin B and Heat Shock Protein 70 Impairs Insect Development and Virus Transmission

S Kanakala, S Kontsedalov, G Lebedev… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The whitefly B. tabaci is a global pest and transmits extremely important plant viruses
especially begomoviruses, that cause substantial crop losses. B. tabaci is one of the top …

Detoxification of insecticides, allechemicals and heavy metals by glutathione S‐transferase SlGSTE1 in the gut of Spodoptera litura

ZB Xu, XP Zou, N Zhang, QL Feng, SC Zheng - Insect Science, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Insect glutathione S‐transferases (GSTs) play important roles in detoxifying toxic
compounds and eliminating oxidative stress caused by these compounds. In this study …