Journal
INSECT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
Volume 18, Issue 1, Pages 55-60Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2583.2009.00847.x
Keywords
IAPV; bees; CCD; silencing; ingestion
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- Beeologics LLC, Miami, FL, USA
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Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) has been associated with Israeli acute paralysis virus (IAPV). CCD poses a serious threat to apiculture and agriculture as a whole, due to the consequent inability to provide the necessary amount of bees for pollination of critical crops. Here we report on RNAi-silencing of IAPV infection by feeding bees with double-stranded RNA, as an efficient and feasible way of controlling this viral disease. The association of CCD with IAPV is discussed, as well as the potential of controlling CCD.
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