Recent advances in RNA interference research in insects: Implications for future insect pest management strategies
By Liuqi Gu, D. C. Knipple. 2013
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Abstract The manipulation of the posttranscriptional gene silencing phenomenon known as RNA interference (RNAi), demonstrated more than a decade ago in the genetic model systems Caenorhabditis elegans Maupas ( Fire et al., 1998 ) and Drosophila melanogaster Meigen ( Kennerdell and Carthew, 1998 ), has provided a powerful reverse genetic tool for the elucidation of gene function. Since its discovery, myriad reports have been published describing efforts to apply RNAi approaches in insect species lacking well developed genetics or characterized genomes. Here we review recent progress in this area, focusing in particular on several recent landmark studies that demonstrate the potential practical value of this gene silencing technique for the development of new tools for the management of insect pests of agriculture.
Subfields: Genetics, Molecular Biology
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- Current knowledge of interactions between Drosophila suzukii and microbes, and their potential utility for pest management (2016, methodology): “RNA interference (RNAi) co-opts a cellular mechanism that likely evolved to protect eukaryotes from RNA viruses, introducing exogenous double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) to activate the cellular machinery to degrade or suppress the translation of gene transcripts complementary to the dsRNA (Ding 2010; Bura”
- A short history of insecticides (2015, unknown): “2011; Gu and Knipple 2013).”
- Chapter Five – Progress Towards RNAi-Mediated Insect Pest Management (2014, background): “In addition, several useful reviews have been published on the subject of RNAi and insects to which we refer the reader (e.g. Aronstein et al., 2011; Belles, 2010; Burand and Hunter, 2013; Gu and Knipple, 2013; Huvenne and Smagghe, 2010; Li et al., 2013b; Terenius et al., 2011; Yu et al., 2013; Zhan”