Control of Aedes mosquito populations using recombinant microalgae expressing short hairpin RNAs and their effect on plankton.

• Main Authors: Xiaowen Fei (Author), Sha Xiao (Author), Xiaodan Huang (Author), Zhijie Li (Author), Xinghan Li (Author), Changhao He (Author), Yajun Li (Author), Xiuxia Zhang (Author), Xiaodong Deng (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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New biocontrol strategies are urgently needed to combat vector-borne infectious diseases. This study presents a low-cost method to produce a potential mosquito insecticide that utilizes the microalgae released into suburban water sources to control mosquito populations. Chlorella microalgae are ubiq...