Gene Editing in Hemiptera

Hemiptera is the generic name for the suborder Thoracic Beak, Cervical Beak, Heteroptera and Homoptera, with over 38,000 known species, and is one of the larger groups of insects in the order Hemiptera. The mouthparts are stinging and sucking, feeding on the internal sap of plants or other animals. Those that feed on the sap of plants are mostly pests, while those that feed on the sap of other insects are mostly the natural enemies of pests. However, those that feed exclusively on human blood are important sanitary pests.

Our Services for Gene Editing in Hemiptera

Nilaparvata lugens feeds and reproduces on rice and common wild rice. Laodelphax striatellus is a major agricultural nuisance, feeding on a variety of turf grasses and some grasses. Nephotettix bipunctatus feeds and lays eggs by stinging host stems and leaves, destroying the conductive tissue and causing the plant to yellow or die. Apolygus lucorum has a very wide range of host plant species and damages them with the stinging mouthparts of adults and rhoppers. Effective control of these insects is now possible through gene editing techniques. Lifeasible provides gene editing services for Hemiptera including nilaparvata lugens, laodelphax striatellus, nephotettix bipunctatus, and apolygus lucorum with zinc-finger nucleases (ZFNs), transcription activator-like effector nucleases (TALEN) and CRISPR/Cas9 to help find the target control site to control these organisms.

Species	Detail
Nilaparvata lugens	Edit the reproduction-related genes to affect the process of reproduction in nilaparvata lugens. Edit the immune-related genes affect the immune system of nilaparvata lugens. Edit the autophagy-related genes to inhibit autophagy in nilaparvata lugens midgut cells and affect their survival. Edit the resistant-related genes to affect nilaparvata lugens' resistant ability.
Laodelphax striatellus	Edit the resistance-related genes to affect the detoxification metabolic pathway of laodelphax striatellus. Edit the growth-related genes to affect the growth and development laodelphax striatellus.
Nephotettix bipunctatus	Edit the immune-related genes to affect the immune system of nephotettix bipunctatus. Edit the reproduction-related genes to affect the reproduction of nephotettix bipunctatus.
Apolygus lucorum	We can provide CRISPR/Cas9-mediated gene sequence knockout, knockdown, site-directed insertion, and modification.
Bemisia tabaci	We provide CRISPR protocols suitable for Bemisia tabaci target genes, enabling you to utilize the protocols to induce mutations in Bemisia tabaci to obtain stable mutant phenotypes.
Homalodisca vitripennis	We can trigger in vivo RNAi in insects through the exogenous application of dsRNA, and we can also facilitate the development of new genetic control strategies for Homalodisca vitripennis with the help of CRISPR/Cas9-mediated efficient gene editing.

Our Methods for Gene Editing in Hemiptera

We use ZFNs, TALEN and CRISPR/Cas9 to edit some genes in nilaparvata lugens, laodelphax striatellus, nephotettix bipunctatus, and use CRISPR/Cas9 edit some specific genes in apolygus lucorum like resistant-related genes, immune-related genes, reproduction-related genes, and growth-related genes to control these organisms.

Advantages

We use three gene editing methods to affect the resistance to pesticides, reproduction process, the immune system and other growth and development of some organisms help to find the target sites to control these pests with low risk and high efficiency.

Lifeasible provides gene editing services for Hemiptera including nilaparvata lugens, laodelphax striatellus, nephotettix bipunctatus, and apolygus lucorum to regulate the growth and development of these organisms to control them through three methods of ZFNs, TALEN and CRISPR/Cas9. If you are interested in our services or if you have any questions, please click online inquiry for more detailed information.

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