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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2013
Filed:
May. 03, 2011
Applicants:
Blair Siegfried, Lincoln, NE (US);
Murugesan Rangasamy, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Inventors:
Blair Siegfried, Lincoln, NE (US);
Murugesan Rangasamy, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Assignee:
Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 15/11 (2006.01); C07H 21/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention provides for compositions comprising a cucurbitacin bait for stimulating insect feeding and a dsRNA—such as for eliciting RNAi mediated gene silencing in an insect. The present invention also provides for methods of delivering a dsRNA molecule to an insect, inhibiting protein expression in an insect, and killing an insect by providing a dsRNA molecule.