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From: RNA interference: a promising biopesticide strategy against the African Sweetpotato Weevil Cylas brunneus

Figure 3

Mortality recorded for the microinjections assays in C. brunneus, testing the efficacy of 24 different target genes on day 14 post injection.

Second instar weevils were injected with 0.2 μg dsRNA/mg body weight and subsequently placed on fresh sweetpotato root slices where they were evaluated for mortality. The injection experiment was replicated 3-fold, with 10-20 individuals per replicate. The figures give the means of these replicates. Error bars represent the SEM. Control weevils were injected with dsGFP.

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