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Table 14.5: Selected Examples of RNAi Experiments with Arthropods other than
Drosophila
.
Order and species
Traits modified/Method introduced
Reference(s)
Acari
Tetranychus urticae
Distalless
gene/Injected
Khila and Grbic 2007
Varroa destructor
Glutathione S-transferase
/Soak
Campbell et al. 2010
Haemaphysalis longicornis
Engorgement, mortality, egg hatch
affected/Injected
Aung et al. 2011
Ixodes scapularis
Multiple genes/Electroporated
Karim et al. 2010
Blattaria
Blattella germanica
Acetylcholinesterase
activity and sensitivity
to insecticides/Injected
Revuelta et al. 2009
Function of RXR in molting confirmed/
Injected
Martin et al. 2006
Ecdysone receptor function/Injected
Cruz et al. 2006
Coleoptera
Diabrotica virgifera virgifera
Multiple traits/Fed
Baum et al. 2007
Tribolium castaneum
Development/Injected
Bucher et al. 2002, Tomoyasu
and Denell 2004, Tomoyasu
et al. 2008
Diptera
Aedes aegypti
Vacuolar ATPase/Fed
Coy et al. 2012
Bactrocera dorsalis
Four genes/
E. coli
expressing ds RNA fed
to flies
Li et al. 2011
Culex pipiens
heatshock 90
/Rehydration of mosquito
larvae
Lopez-Martinez et al. 2012
Glossina morsitans
Immunity genes/Fed and Injected
Walshe et al. 2009
Haematobia irritans
Multiple genes/Injected
Torres et al. 2011
Hemiptera
Acyrthosiphon pisum
Two marker genes/Injected
Jaubert et al. 2007
Bemisia tabaci
Toxicity of 5 genes/Fed
Upadhyay et al. 2011
Myzus persicae
Two genes/Fed
Pitino et al. 2011
Oncopeltus fasciatus
Morphology affected by
nubbin
/ Parental
RNAI
Hrycaj et al. 2008
Rhodnius prolixus
Nitrophorin 2
in salivary gland
Araujo et al. 2006
Hymenoptera
Apis mellifera
Vitellogenin
gene function/Injected
Amdam et al. 2003
Relish
regulates antimicrobial peptide
genes/Injected
Schluns and Crozier 2007
Israeli acute paralysis virus silenced/Fed
Maori et al. 2009
Nasonia vitripennis
Parental RNAi to confirm gene function
Lynch and Desplan 2006
Larval RNAi produced
cinnabar
eye color
Werren et al. 2009
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