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DISRUPTION OF GERM CELL DEVELOPMENT IN INSECTS BY RNA INTERFERENCE USING SOMATIC & GERMLINE TRANSFER

Objective

To assess the efficacy of disrupting sperm and egg development in stored product pest insects through somatic or germ line transformation of constructs that produce double stranded RNA to silence germ cell specific genes.

Investigators
Shirk P D
Institution
USDA - Agricultural Research Service
Start date
2002
End date
2005
Funding Source
Agricultural Research Service
Project number
6615-22000-021-02T
Accession number
405877
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