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ReviewInsect molecular biology2025

Insecticide resistance management scenarios differ for RNA-based sprays and traits.

Kenneth Narva, Umut Toprak, Andrei Alyokhin, Russ Groves, Juan Luis Jurat-Fuentes, William Moar, Ralf Nauen, Sean Whipple, Graham Head

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Review in Insect molecular biology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

16 citing papers in PubMed.

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  7. Creating resistance to the whiteflyFrontiers in plant science · 2026
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  10. Norroa™ as a dsRNA biopesticide forFrontiers in insect science · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Kenneth NarvaGreenLight Biosciences, Inc., Durham, North Carolina, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8094-6418
Umut ToprakMolecular Entomology (MOLEN) Lab., Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Plant Protection, Ankara University, Ankara, Türkiye.
Andrei AlyokhinSchool of Biology and Ecology, University of Maine, Orono, Maine, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4545-1433
Russ GrovesDepartment of Entomology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7979-3378
Juan Luis Jurat-FuentesDepartment of Entomology and Plant Pathology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8945-1814
William MoarBayer Crop Science, Chesterfield, Missouri, USA.
Ralf NauenBayer AG, Crop Science Division, R&D, Monheim, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7525-8589
Sean WhippleGreenLight Biosciences, Inc., Durham, North Carolina, USA.
Graham HeadBayer Crop Science, Chesterfield, Missouri, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0521-0616

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

RNA-based bioinsecticides that comprise a dsRNA active ingredient and function by RNA interference (RNAi) are being commercialised as insecticidal traits in transgenic crops and as sprayable biopesticides. These RNAi insecticidal technologies are valuable alternatives to conventional chemical insecticides due to their efficacy, high degree of specificity and favourable human and environmental safety profiles. As with all pesticides, appropriate insect resistance management (IRM) programmes are required to mitigate the selection for resistance in target insect populations and extend product durability in the field. IRM programmes for RNAi products follow the same guidelines that currently exist for insecticidal traits or conventional insecticidal sprays. These guidelines reflect the distinct exposure scenarios for traits versus sprays, that is, continuous exposure when dsRNA is expressed in the crop compared to intermittent exposure when sprayed on foliage. As such, IRM plans for dsRNA traits depend on pyramiding (stacking) non-cross-resistant traits along with a refuge of non-transgenic plants. On the other hand, IRM plans for dsRNA sprays rely on the timing of the application so that only a single generation of the pest is exposed, followed by the use of an insecticide from a different IRAC mode of action group.

Indexed as

InsectaInsect ControlInsecticide ResistanceInsecticidesPest Control, BiologicalRNA, Double-StrandedAnimalsPlants, Genetically ModifiedRNA InterferenceInsecticidesRNA, Double-StrandedbioinsecticidedsRNAinsecticideresistance management

Identifiers

PMID39981862
PMCPMC12236052

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