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Control method of Bemisia tabaci using siRNA specific to its PolA1 gene

Research Project

Project/Area Number 15K14669
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Research Field Plant protection science
Research InstitutionChiba University

Principal Investigator

Nakamura Ikuo  千葉大学, 大学院園芸学研究科, 教授 (50207867)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) 井川 智子  千葉大学, 大学院園芸学研究科, 助教 (00360488)
Project Period (FY) 2015-04-01 – 2017-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2016)
Budget Amount *help
¥3,640,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥840,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥390,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,950,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥450,000)
KeywordssiRNA / pest-control / PolA1 / tobacco whitefly / VIGS / HIGS / タバココナジラミ / 害虫防除 / transgenic / hairpin RNA / 形質転換
Outline of Final Research Achievements

Tobacco whitefly is an agricultural pest that greatly damages by sucking sap and spreading virus. Recently a race that is resistant to insecticides has emerged, and thus its control becomes a major problem.
In this study, we aimed to develop new control method of tobacco whitefly using siRNA, and constructed vectors for generating siRNA targeting the species-specific sequence of tobacco whitefly PolA1 gene. In tobacco plants inoculated Agrobacterium containing viral vectors, hatching of tobacco whitefly eggs is significantly inhibited compared with control plants, although more detail analysis will be necessary. N.B. siRNA (small interfering RNA): inhibits expression of gene that contains homologous sequence with siRNA.

Report

(3 results)
  • 2016 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2015 Research-status Report

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Published: 2015-04-16   Modified: 2021-01-27  

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