Michael Pleau

TL;DR: It is demonstrated that ingestion of double-stranded (ds)RNAs supplied in an artificial diet triggers RNA interference in several coleopteran species, most notably the western corn rootworm Diabrotica virgifera virgifiera LeConte, suggesting that the RNAi pathway can be exploited to control insect pests via in planta expression of a dsRNA.

TL;DR: To gain insight into insect resistance to dsRNA, a field screen with subsequent laboratory selection was used to establish a population of DvSnf7 ds RNA-resistant western corn rootworm, Diabrotica virgifera vir gifera, a major maize insect pest.

TL;DR: The authors optimize the insecticidal activity of a Bacillus thuringiensis crystal protein and produce transgenic plants that are resistant to feeding damage by Lygusspecies.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors studied the nutritional physiology of the Western Corn Rootworm (WCR) by altering the dietary constituents of a SCR diet and measuring the subsequent effects on WCR growth.

TL;DR: The antirootworm proteins produced by strain EG4851, designated Cry34Ba1 and Cry35Ba1, represent a new binary toxin and could become an important component of a sustainable resistance management strategy against this insect pest.