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SUBMITTER: Noriega DD
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6728347 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Noriega Daniel D DD Arias Paula L PL Barbosa Helena R HR Arraes Fabricio B M FBM Ossa Gustavo A GA Villegas Bernardo B Coelho Roberta R RR Albuquerque Erika V S EVS Togawa Roberto C RC Grynberg Priscila P Wang Haichuan H Vélez Ana M AM Arboleda Jorge W JW Grossi-de-Sa Maria F MF Silva Maria C M MCM Valencia-Jiménez Arnubio A
Scientific reports 20190905 1
Coffee production is a global industry valued at approximately 173 billion US dollars. One of the main challenges facing coffee production is the management of the coffee berry borer (CBB), Hypothenemus hampei, which is considered the primary arthropod pest of coffee worldwide. Current control strategies are inefficient for CBB management. Although biotechnological alternatives, including RNA interference (RNAi), have been proposed in recent years to control insect pests, characterizing the gene ...[more]