Biological control of gypsy moth (Lymantria dispar): an RNAi-based approach and a case for DNA insecticides
Journal: Archives of Biological Sciences
Year: 2016

The discovery of the post-transcriptional gene silencing (PTGS) mechanism, widely known as RNAi (RNA interference),has contributed towards the elucidation of the cellular machinery involved in the response against viral infections based on gene silencing, and in developmental regulation of translational suppression. The application of RNAi in insect pest management (IPM),and gene functional analysis, has been of enormous importance. Unfortunately, as RNAi has many times proven to be difficult to