RNAi:

Zi-Ling Cai1,2, Qi-Si Liu1,3, Chun-Sheng Jia4

  • 1Coll Forestry & Landscape Architecture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510640, China.

概括

研究人员在松树虫Monochamus alternatus中确定了四个关键基因,用于RNA干扰 (RNAi) 害虫控制. 沉默这些基因导致了和色素的致命缺陷,为化学农药提供了环保的替代品.