TABLE 2.
Summary of phenotypes caused by larval RNAi.
| Gene | Mortality% |
No. of injected insects | Phenotype | ||
| Larva | Pupa | Adult | |||
| Tcpgant3 | 1.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 47 | Adult motility reduced |
| Tcpgant5 | 3.3 | 0.0 | 26.7 | 58 | Pupal elytra apart Adult elytra malformed |
| Tcpgant35A | 60.0a | 5.0 | 25.0b | 53 | Pupal elytra apart and shorter Pupa malformed Pupation and eclosion blocked |
| TcC1GalTA | 1.7 | 1.7 | 0.0 | 60 | Adult motility reduced |
| TcOGT | 5.0 | 6.7 | 66.7 | 60 | Pupal elytra apart and shorter Antenna misorientation Adult wing apart Adult body bent |
| TcEOGT | 0.0 | 0.0 | 31.7 | 59 | Pupal and adult elytra apart Pupal elytra blister Adult body bent Antenna misorientation |
| TcOfut1 | 1.7 | 5.3 | 75.5 | 52 | Pupal elytra apart and shorter Pupa abnormal Adult elytra malformed |
| TcOfut2 | 4.7 | 2.9 | 0.0 | 51 | None |
| Tcfng | 6.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 50 | None |
| TcPOMT1 | 7.9 | 1.7 | 52.5 | 45 | Pupal elytra shorter Adult elytra malformed |
| TcPOMT2 | 5.7 | 1.7 | 61.8 | 43 | Pupal elytra shorter Adult elytra malformed |
| TcRumi | 0.0 | 1.7 | 0.0 | 60 | None |
| TcGALE1 | 7.5 | 0.0 | 3.3 | 52 | Adult motility reduced |
| TcGALE2 | 6.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 58 | None |
aMajority of insects died during transition from larva to pupa. bMajority of insects died during the transition from pupa to adult.