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Crop protection research

Selected work co-authored by Ron on RNAi, product performance, and resistance management.

Selected publications

2021RNA-based biopesticides

First sprayable dsRNA-based biopesticide product targets proteasome subunit beta type-5 in Colorado potato beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata)

Frontiers in Plant Science · 12:728652

Authors

Rodrigues TB, Mishra SK, Tuttle R, Garby D, Barnes ER, Alyokhin A, Sridharan K, Skizim NJ, Tang Y-W, Manley B, Flannagan RD, Cobb C, Aulisa L, Narva KE.

2017Efficacy & resistance

Evaluation of SmartStax and SmartStax PRO maize against western corn rootworm and northern corn rootworm: efficacy and resistance management

Pest Management Science · DOI: 10.1002/ps.4554

Authors

Head GP, Carroll MW, Evans SP, Rule DM, Willse AR, Clark TL, Storer NP, Flannagan RD, Samuel LW, Meinke LJ.

2013Cellular response to RNAi

Physiological and Cellular Responses Caused by RNAi-Mediated Suppression of Snf7 Orthologue in Western Corn Rootworm (Diabrotica virgifera virgifera) Larvae

PLOS ONE · 8(1):e54270

Authors

Ramaseshadri P, Segers G, Flannagan R, Wiggins E, Clinton W, Ilagan O, McNulty B, Clark T, Bolognesi R.

2012Mode of action

Characterizing the Mechanism of Action of Double-Stranded RNA Activity against Western Corn Rootworm (Diabrotica virgifera virgifera LeConte)

PLOS ONE · 7(10):e47534

Authors

Bolognesi R, Ramaseshadri P, Anderson J, Bachman P, Clinton W, Flannagan R, Ilagan O, Lawrence C, Levine S, Moar W, Mueller G, Tan J, Uffmann J, Wiggins E, Heck G, Segers G.

Book chapter · 2025

RNA interference in agriculture

11peer-reviewed publications

2book chapters

25patent applications naming Ron as an inventor

Calantha™: the First Commercialized Sprayable DsRNA Product for Insect Control

RNA Interference in Agriculture: Basic Science to Applications, Springer Nature, pp. 679–715.

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Crop protection research

Selected publications

First sprayable dsRNA-based biopesticide product targets proteasome subunit beta type-5 in Colorado potato beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata)↗

Evaluation of SmartStax and SmartStax PRO maize against western corn rootworm and northern corn rootworm: efficacy and resistance management↗

Physiological and Cellular Responses Caused by RNAi-Mediated Suppression of Snf7 Orthologue in Western Corn Rootworm (Diabrotica virgifera virgifera) Larvae↗

Characterizing the Mechanism of Action of Double-Stranded RNA Activity against Western Corn Rootworm (Diabrotica virgifera virgifera LeConte)↗

RNA interference in agriculture

Calantha™: the First Commercialized Sprayable DsRNA Product for Insect Control

Discuss a project with Ron.

First sprayable dsRNA-based biopesticide product targets proteasome subunit beta type-5 in Colorado potato beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata)

Evaluation of SmartStax and SmartStax PRO maize against western corn rootworm and northern corn rootworm: efficacy and resistance management

Physiological and Cellular Responses Caused by RNAi-Mediated Suppression of Snf7 Orthologue in Western Corn Rootworm (Diabrotica virgifera virgifera) Larvae

Characterizing the Mechanism of Action of Double-Stranded RNA Activity against Western Corn Rootworm (Diabrotica virgifera virgifera LeConte)