• Midgut Genes Knockdown by Oral dsRNA Administration Produces a Lethal Effect on Cotton Boll Weevil 

      Salvador, Ricardo; Niz, José María; Nakaya, Pablo Angel; Pedarros, Analía Soledad; Hopp, Horacio Esteban (Springer, 2021-02)
      The “cotton boll weevil” (Anthonomus grandis Boheman) is a key pest in America whose larval stage develops within the cotton flower bud. During its development, the larva uses the flower bud as food and as a shelter from ...
    • RNAi Expression in Cotton for Control of Herbivorous Insects 

      Salvador, Ricardo; Maskin, Laura; Niz, José María; Turica, Mariana Daniela; Pedarros, Analía Soledad; Hopp, Horacio Esteban; Lewi, Dalia Marcela (Springer, 2022)
      Cultivated cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) is heavily attacked by various species of insects worldwide and breeding of new varieties resistant to pests is still a hard battle to win. RNAi technology is an important reverse ...
    • Transcriptomic Survey of the Midgut of Anthonomus grandis (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) 

      Salvador, Ricardo; Perez Principi, Ricardo Dario; Berretta, Marcelo Facundo; Fernandez, Paula Del Carmen; Paniego, Norma Beatriz; Sciocco, Alicia Ines; Hopp, Horacio Esteban (Entomological Society of America, 2014-11)
      Anthonomus grandis Boheman is a key pest in cotton crops in the New World. Its larval stage develops within the flower bud using it as food and as protection against its predators. This behavior limits the effectiveness ...