Guy Smagghe

TL;DR: It is concluded that the full potential of RNAi in SPW is affected by the presence of nucleases, so it is necessary constantly to provide new dsRNA and/or protect it against possible degradation in order to obtain a higher RNAi efficacy.

TL;DR: An artificial diet supplemented with different concentrations of the purified RIP reduced survival and fecundity of pea aphids Acyrthosiphon pisum and feeding of tobacco aphids, Myzus nicotianae, resulted in a delayed development and reduced adult survival and also the fertility parameters of the surviving aphids were reduced, suggesting that a population of aphids would build up significantly slower on plants expressing SNA-I.

TL;DR: Israeli acute paralysis virus together with Acute bee paralysis virus (ABPV) and Kashmir bee virus (KBV) constitute a complex of closely related dicistroviruses and it is vital to understand how viral prevalence can affect wild bee populations because disturbance of the natural host-virus association may deteriorate the already critically endangered status of many bumblebee species.

TL;DR: The current data indicate the importance of penetration through the insect cuticle, however, other mechanisms are likely to be involved in the selectivity of the current IGRs towards this beneficial insect.

TL;DR: Significant increases in mortality were noted for insects fed on the transgenic lines as compared to wild type plants, providing further support for RIPs having a role in plant resistance to insect pest species.