Submitted by Robert Wright
Corn Rootworm Management
in the Transgenic Era
September 2015
By Ana María Vélez, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor of Entomology
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Phone: 402-472-8694
Email: avelezarango2@unl.edu
Photo courtesy Kansas State University
Summary: RNA interference (RNAi) is being developed as a potential tool for insect pest management. The most likely target pest species for transgenic plants that express double stranded RNA (dsRNA) is the western corn rootworm. This presentation will provide consultants, growers and other practitioners in the U.S. with an understanding of how RNAi works. It will also describe some recent RNAi innovations for insect pest management including in planta RNAi expression and risk assessment for RNAi technologies. Click on the link above to view the webinar.
This open access webinar is funded by USDA-NIFA grant 2013-41530-21220