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Biointelligent RNAi spray-based solutions for sustainable and environmentally friendly control of Psylliodes chrysocephala and Myzus persicae on rapeseed (RnAPhidS)
Project
Project code: 2824ABS003
Contract period: 01.04.2026
- 31.03.2029
Budget: 368,122 Euro
Purpose of research: Applied research
Keywords: crop production, agricultural biodiversity, integrated plant protection, sustainability, crop production, plant diseases (virusus, bacteria, fungi, phytoplasma), rape seed
The development of prospects for a productive and diverse crop production is one of the key objectives of the Farming Strategy 2035. The RnAPhidS project addresses this by focussing on the application of new, more selective RNA interference (RNAi)-based crop protection agents with a sequence-based mode of action. RNAi agents are considered innovative, GMO-free, environmentally friendly and, above all, highly specific. The project addresses two economically important insect pests, the green peach aphid and the Cabbage stem flea beetle. The project aims to optimise double-stranded (ds) RNAs as an alternative active ingredient to conventional insecticides for field application against these insects. This is to be achieved, among other things, through a deeper understanding of the mechanisms of uptake and transport in plants. The project also aims to develop formulations to increase the stability of double-stranded RNA as an active ingredient. Processes are being developed with the aim of spray application as well as application by means of electrospinning.
Section overview
Subjects
- Crop Production
- Crop Protection
- Process engineering
Funding programme
Excutive institution
Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants – Julius Kühn-Institut (JKI)
Funding institution
Project management agencies
Associated projects: RnAPhidS
- Biointelligent RNA spray-based solutions for sustainable and environmentally friendly control of Psylliodes chrysocephala and Myzus persicae on rapeseed
- Biointelligent RNAi spray-based solutions for sustainable and environmentally friendly control of Psylliodes chrysocephala and Myzus persicae on rapeseed
