UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO RIO GRANDE DO SUL - UFRGS;EMBRAPA-EMPRESA BRASILEIRA DE PESQUISA AGROPECUÁRIA
发明人:
Maria Fátima Grossi de Sá,Alexandre Augusto Pereira Firmino,Maria Cristina Mattar da Silva,Diogo Martins de Sá,Roberta Ramos Coelho,Leonardo Lima Pepino de Macedo,Isabela Tristan Lourenco
申请号:
US14655097
公开号:
US20150368649A1
申请日:
2013.12.27
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2015
代理人:
摘要:
The present invention relates to the control of infestation of pests by inhibiting or reducing the expression of genes of the family of chitin synthase. The invention further provides methods and compositions for controlling pests by feeding them with one or more double-strand RNA molecules provides by the present invention. The invention further describes a method of obtaining transgenic plants that express double-strand RNA molecules. The present invention is preferably used for cotton-plants.