Table 2 Successful cases of plant mediated RNAi in different cotton pests
Insect order | Target insect | Target genes | RNAi Plant | Effects of RNAi on the target insect | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lepidoptera | H. armigera | Cytochrome450 monooxygenase CTP6AE14 | Cotton | The larval growth and leaf consumption decreased 61% and 39%, respectively | Mao et al. 2011 |
| Â | cytochrome P450 CYP6AE14 | A. thaliana, N. tabacum, G. hirsutum | Retarded larval growth and the effects are more dramatic in the presence of gossypol | Mao et al. 2007 | |
| Â | 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase (HMGR) | Cotton | Impairing the development and survival of larvae | Tian et al. 2015 | |
| Â | HaHR3 | Cotton | Higher larval mortality and deformities of pupation and adult eclosion | Han et al. 2017 | |
|  | chitinase | Tobacco | 0–33% of larval mortality for various RNAi tobacco lines | Reddy and Rajam 2016 | |
|  | chitinase | Tomato | 2%–45% of larval mortality for various RNAi tomato lines | Reddy and Rajam 2016 | |
| Â | JHAMT | Tomato | Reduction in larval and pupal weight, abnormal metamorphosis | Maligeppagol et al. 2017 | |
Hemiptera | Bemisia tabaci | v-ATPase | Transgenic lettuce | 84%–98% mortality, 95-fold lower fecundity | Ibrahim et al. 2017 |
| Â | aquaporin and alpha glucosidase | N. tabacum | 78% mortality | Raza et al. 2016 | |
| Â | acetylcholinesterase and ecdysone receptor | N. tabacum | 90% mortality | Malik et al. 2016 | |
Hemiptera | Phenacoccus solenopsis Tinsley | Bursicon and V-ATPase | N. tabacum | Mortality, delayed development, deformed individuals, with squeezed body and irregular fragile cuticle | Khan et al. 2018a |