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Transcriptome Analysis in Cotton Boll Weevil (Anthonomus grandis) and RNA Interference in Insect Pests

Cotton plants are subjected to the attack of several insect pests. In Brazil, the cotton boll weevil, Anthonomus grandis, is the most important cotton pest. The use of insecticidal proteins and gene silencing by interference RNA (RNAi) as techniques for insect control are promising strategies, which...

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Autores principales: Firmino, Alexandre Augusto Pereira, Fonseca, Fernando Campos de Assis, de Macedo, Leonardo Lima Pepino, Coelho, Roberta Ramos, Antonino de Souza Jr, José Dijair, Togawa, Roberto Coiti, Silva-Junior, Orzenil Bonfim, Pappas-Jr, Georgios Joannis, da Silva, Maria Cristina Mattar, Engler, Gilbert, Grossi-de-Sa, Maria Fatima
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3874031/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24386449
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0085079