Patent ID: 9206438
Filing Date: 2015-12-08
Classification: A01N,C07K,C12N,Y02A

Abstract:
1. An interfering ribonucleic acid (RNA) wherein the RNA comprises at least one silencing element wherein the silencing element is a region of double-stranded RNA comprising annealed complementary strands, one strand of which comprises a sequence of at least 21 contiguous nucleotides which is at least partially complementary to a target nucleotide sequence within an insect troponin I target gene, and wherein the interfering RNA (i) is at least 85% identical to at a 21 contiguous nucleotide fragment of SEQ ID NO: 1, or the complement thereof; or (ii) comprises at least a 21 contiguous nucleotide fragment of SEQ ID NO: 1, or the complement thereof; or (iii) comprises at least a 21 contiguous fragment of a nucleotide sequence encoding an amino acid sequence encoded by SEQ ID NO: 1, or the complement thereof, wherein the inferring RNA down regulates the troponin I target gene in a target insect pest species.