Knowledge of Drosophila suzukii's preference for an attractive trap design and bait can be used to improve detection and management of this new invasive fruit pest. Desired trap and bait attributes include: high D. suzukii capture and species specificity; early-season detection prior to significant crop damage; higher capture of females...
A method for large quantity dsRNA production was developed since a small amount of dsRNA synthesized in vitro with commercial kits are used for small scale bioassay evaluations. Developing a large-scale production system for dsRNA is critical for practical RNAi application, especially for non-transgenic RNAi-based control. However, large-scale analysis or...