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300 Biotechnological Approaches for Pest Management and Ecological Sustainability
TABLE 9.3 (continued)
Gene of Interest Species References
Multidrug resistance (Mdr49 and Mdr65)—
colchicine resistance
Drosophila Wu et al. (1991)
Neomycin phosphotransferase (neo)—
resistance to kanamycin and neomycin (G418)
Transposon Tn5 Beck et al. (1982)
Insect microbiocide (Defensin A) Aedes aegypti Kokoza et al. (2000)
Trypanocidal protein (Cecropin A)
antibody fragment
Rhodnius prolixus Durvasula et al. (1997)
Resistance to yellow fever virus
Rhodnius prolixus Durvasula et al. (1999)
antiparasitic genes
Aedes aegypti
Higgs et al. (1998)
Anopheles stephensi Ito et al. (2002)
Catalase—hydrogen peroxide resistance Drosophila Orr and Sohal (1992)
Wild-type eye color Bactrocera dorsalis
(Hendel) Ceratitis
capitata
Handler and McCombs (2000)
Aedes aegypti Loukeris et al. (1995)
Handler et al. (1998), Michel et al.
(2001)
Biomolecule production Bombyx mori L. Jasinskiene et al. (1998),
Kadonookuda et al. (1995),
Ho et al. (1998), Yang et al. (2002)
Luciferase Aedes aegypti Ward et al. (2001), Jordan et al. (1998),
Johnson et al. (1999)
Infection in antennal cells Manduca sexata L. Franco et al. (1998)
Green fl uorescent protein (GFP) Bombyx mori Toshiki et al. (2000), Olson et al.
(2000), Yamao et al. (2002)
Aedes aegypti Pinkerton et al. (2000), Afanasiev et al.
(1999)
Anopheles stephensi Catteruccia et al. (2000)
Anopheles gambiae Giles Afanasiev et al. (1999)
Tribolium castaneum Berghammer et al. (1999)
Stomoxys calcitrans L. O’Brochta, Atkinson, and Lehane
(2000)
Pectinophora gossypiella Peloquin et al. (2000)
Apis mellifera Robinson et al. (2000)
Musca domestica Hediger et al. (2001)
Anastrepha suspensa
Loew.
Handler and Harrell (2001)
Lucilia cuprina Heinrich et al. (2002)
Athalia rosae L. Sumitani et al. (2003)
specimens in diapause (for those species that undergo diapause). This is expensive and
can lead to loss of colonies, as well as to genetic drift or contamination of the colonies.
Mazur et al. (1992) demonstrated that embryos of the fruit fl y, D. melanogaster, can be
preserved in liquid nitrogen and then thawed to develop into viable and fertile adults. If
cryopreservation can be adapted to other arthropods, a signifi cant saving in rearing costs
can be achieved. More importantly, valuable collections of arthropod natural enemies
could also be maintained indefi nitely.