RNAi-mediate gene silencing of the brown stink bug Euschistus heros for pest control in soybean crop

• Grant number: 18/23606-5
• Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants
• Start date: December 01, 2019
• End date: November 30, 2022
• Field of knowledge: Agronomical Sciences - Agronomy - Plant Health
• Principal Investigator: Henrique Marques Barbosa de Souza
• Grantee: Henrique Marques Barbosa de Souza
• Host Institution: Instituto de Biologia (IB). Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Campinas , SP, Brazil

Abstract

Food production in the world is reduced by about 30 to 40 due to pests and diseases, resulting in about US430 billions loss. The most frequently used control methods are chemical molecules that result in unwanted consequences such as pest and pathogen resistance against the molecules, environmental consequences and negative impact in human and other animal' health. RNAi-based pest control is a new concept being developed by several public and private research centers and represents a technology able to target specific pests and diseases, without most of the unwanted consequences brought by chemical molecules used nowadays. The aim of this project is to identify candidate genes for the controle of the soybean stink bug Euschistus heros through RNAi, for the development of silencing molecules that confer resistance to soybean agains this important agricultural pest. (AU)

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

C. MAKTURA, GRAZIELLE; J. PARANHOS, BEATRIZ; MARQUES-SOUZA, HENRIQUE. RNAi in fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae): Successes and challenges. Journal of Applied Entomology, JUN 2021. (18/23606-5)

DIEHL, OTAVIO J.; ASSANO, PATRICIA K.; DA COSTA, THIAGO RONCINI G.; OLIVEIRA, RHAUL; MARQUES-SOUZA, HENRIQUE; UMBUZEIRO, GISELA DE A.. Antenna regeneration as an ecotoxicological endpoint in a marine amphipod: a proof of concept using dimethyl sulfoxide and diflubenzuron. ECOTOXICOLOGY, v. 30, n. 4, p. 751-755, MAY 2021. (12/09602-0, 18/23606-5, 18/03108-0)

C. MAKTURA, GRAZIELLE; J. PARANHOS, BEATRIZ; MARQUES-SOUZA, HENRIQUE. RNAi in fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae): Successes and challenges. Journal of Applied Entomology, v. 145, n. 8, p. 740-756, SEP 2021. (18/23606-5)