RNAi in termites (Isoptera): current status and prospects for pest management
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F60460709%3A41320%2F23%3A97075" target="_blank" >RIV/60460709:41320/23:97075 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1127/entomologia/2022/1636" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1127/entomologia/2022/1636</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1127/entomologia/2022/1636" target="_blank" >10.1127/entomologia/2022/1636</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
RNAi in termites (Isoptera): current status and prospects for pest management
Original language description
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.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10616 - Entomology
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/EF16_019%2F0000803" target="_blank" >EF16_019/0000803: Advanced research supporting the forestry and wood-processing sector´s adaptation to global change and the 4th industrial revolution</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Others
Publication year
2023
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Entomologica Generalis
ISSN
0171-8177
e-ISSN
0171-8177
Volume of the periodical
43
Issue of the periodical within the volume
1
Country of publishing house
DE - GERMANY
Number of pages
14
Pages from-to
55-68
UT code for WoS article
000877834700001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85153792734