RNAi in termites (Isoptera) : current status and prospects for pest management
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- Kanakachari Mogilicherla, Amrita Chakraborty, Nji Tizi Clauvis Taning (UGent) , Guy Smagghe (UGent) and Amit Roy
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- Termites are keystone species and play an essential role in the ecosystem by decomposing plants and wood mate-rials with adapted endogenous and symbiotic cellulase systems to obtain food and energy. However, some termites are also pests that have significant economic impacts directly or indirectly on the agricultural system, such as pastures, orchards, nurseries, and eucalyptus forests, and globally the estimated loss is $40 billion annually. Recently, scientists have focused on RNAi technology to protect plants against insect pests, and the utilization of RNAi against termites is confounded because of their social nature and habitats. Many termite species transcriptomes and genome sequencing projects are cur-rently underway, and the outputs open new avenues for the species-specific design of RNAi-based termiticides. With these genomes, symbiotic biological agents such as fungi, bacteria, viruses, and nematodes can be screened and evaluated to express RNAi bioactive molecules (dsRNA, siRNA, and shRNA). In parallel, dsRNA/siRNA can also be delivered through nanocarriers against termites. In this perspective, we highlight existing RNAi-based functional genomic studies against eusocial termite pests and further discuss the prospects for RNAi-termiticides, considering unique challenges in terms of dsRNA delivery, target efficiency, environmental risks and termite eusociality.
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- Termites, RNA interference, symbiont-mediated transfer, nanoparticles, RNAi-termiticides, termite pest management, eusociality, RETICULITERMES-FLAVIPES, SUBTERRANEAN TERMITES, GENE, INTERFERENCE, EXPRESSION, HEXAMERIN, DELIVERY, MORPHOGENESIS, REVEALS, AFRICA
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- Mogilicherla, Kanakachari, et al. “RNAi in Termites (Isoptera) : Current Status and Prospects for Pest Management.” ENTOMOLOGIA GENERALIS, vol. 43, no. 1, 2023, pp. 55–68, doi:10.1127/entomologia/2022/1636.
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- Mogilicherla, K., Chakraborty, A., Taning, N. T. C., Smagghe, G., & Roy, A. (2023). RNAi in termites (Isoptera) : current status and prospects for pest management. ENTOMOLOGIA GENERALIS, 43(1), 55–68. https://doi.org/10.1127/entomologia/2022/1636
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- Mogilicherla, Kanakachari, Amrita Chakraborty, Nji Tizi Clauvis Taning, Guy Smagghe, and Amit Roy. 2023. “RNAi in Termites (Isoptera) : Current Status and Prospects for Pest Management.” ENTOMOLOGIA GENERALIS 43 (1): 55–68. https://doi.org/10.1127/entomologia/2022/1636.
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- Mogilicherla, Kanakachari, Amrita Chakraborty, Nji Tizi Clauvis Taning, Guy Smagghe, and Amit Roy. 2023. “RNAi in Termites (Isoptera) : Current Status and Prospects for Pest Management.” ENTOMOLOGIA GENERALIS 43 (1): 55–68. doi:10.1127/entomologia/2022/1636.
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- 1.Mogilicherla K, Chakraborty A, Taning NTC, Smagghe G, Roy A. RNAi in termites (Isoptera) : current status and prospects for pest management. ENTOMOLOGIA GENERALIS. 2023;43(1):55–68.
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- [1]K. Mogilicherla, A. Chakraborty, N. T. C. Taning, G. Smagghe, and A. Roy, “RNAi in termites (Isoptera) : current status and prospects for pest management,” ENTOMOLOGIA GENERALIS, vol. 43, no. 1, pp. 55–68, 2023.
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