Topical dsRNA delivery induces gene silencing and mortality in the pea aphid

BACKGROUND With the growing number of available aphid genomes and transcriptomes, an efficient and easy‐to‐adapt tool for gene function study is urgently required. RNA interference (RNAi), as a post‐transcriptional gene silencing mechanism, is important as a research tool for determining gene functions and has potential as a novel insect control strategy. However, these applications have been hampered by the lack of effective dsRNA delivery...