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Optimizing c ontrol e fficacy o f dsRNA insecticides using chitosan n anoparticle or bacterial formulation against the western flower thrips
The western flower thrips, Frankliniella occidentalis, is a significant economic pest among thysanopterans because of its massive feeding damage and ability to spread tospovirus to hundreds of plant species worldwide. To control this pest, chemical insecticides have been used but become unsatisfactory in the control efficacy due to the rapid resistance development of F. occidentalis. The cost-effective chitosan-based nanoparticle (NP) formulations as dsRNA insecticide gave > 80% mortalities in 7 days in the field condition. Nevertheless, the usage of NP-based dsRNA is hindered by the conflict between the excessive expense of producing dsRNA and the massive quantity of materials required for field application. Many research reports have demonstrated microbial-based dsRNA production using the L4440 vector and HT115 (DE3) Escherichia coli for application to vertebrate and invertebrate systems. In this study, we aimed to compare chitosan NP and bacterial formulation-based dsRNA control tactics against F. occidentalis using RNAi against the vacuolartype ATPase (vATPase) gene.
