Silencing an essential gene involved in infestation and digestion in grain aphid through plant‐mediated RNA interference generates aphid‐resistant wheat plants

Sun, Y., Sparks, C. A., Jones, H., Riley, M., Francis, F., Du, W. and Xia, L. 2019. Silencing an essential gene involved in infestation and digestion in grain aphid through plant‐mediated RNA interference generates aphid‐resistant wheat plants. Plant Biotechnology Journal. 17 (5), pp. 852-854. https://doi.org/10.1111/pbi.13067

Authors	Sun, Y., Sparks, C. A., Jones, H., Riley, M., Francis, F., Du, W. and Xia, L.
Abstract	Letter to the editor
Keywords	Grain aphid (Sitobion avenae F.); RNA interference (RNAi); Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)
Year of Publication	2019
Journal	Plant Biotechnology Journal
Journal citation	17 (5), pp. 852-854
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)	https://doi.org/10.1111/pbi.13067
PubMed ID	30582665
PubMed Central ID	6471730
Open access	Published as green open access
Funder	Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
Funder project or code	20:20 Wheat [ISPG]
Publisher's version	Sun_et_al-2019-Plant_Biotechnology_Journal.pdf
Output status	Published
Publication dates
Print	17 Apr 2019
Online	06 Feb 2019
Publication process dates
Accepted	20 Dec 2018
Publisher	Wiley
ISSN	1467-7644

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