RNAi based pesticides: Environmental biosafety issues
Programme:
iPlanta Introduction 16.00
Speaker: Bruno Mezzetti
Specific Environmental Biosafety considerations for RNAi Pesticides 16.05
Speaker: Salvatore Arpaia
Selection of non-target organisms: considerations on the receiving environment, uptake mechanism and susceptibility to RNAi 16.10
Speaker: Salvatore Arpaia (ENEA) Download documents
Role of bioinformatics: Specificity and off-targets, selection of non-target organisms 16.50
Speaker: Olivier Christaens (Univ. Gent) Download documents
Application methods, plant uptake and systemic activity in plants 17.15
Speaker: MichaelWasseneger (AlPlanta - Institute for Plant Research) Download documents
Persistence of dsRNA in the environment and formulations affecting persistence 17.35
Speaker: Joshua Fischer (Bayer) Download documents
Discussion 17.55
End of Webinar comments 18.15
Speaker: Jeremy Sweet
WEBINAR VIDEO
RNAi based pesticides: Environmental biosafety issues