Creating resistance to the whitefly Bemisia tabaci in cassava through RNAi-mediated targeting of multiple insect metabolic processes
Narayanan N. Narayanan, Rekha A. R. Swamy, Jackson P. Gehan, Tira Jones, Shelly Lazar, Dor Wintraube, Esther Yakir, Oren Hasson, Adam Lampert, John Colvin, N. J. Taylor, Shai Morin, Osnat Malka
This study develops transgenic cassava plants using RNAi to target whitefly metabolic processes, achieving high insecticidal activity and potential for field control of whitefly populations in East Africa.
Frontiers in Plant Science · May 22, 2026Peer-reviewedBioengineering