Fecundity of <i>Peregrinus maidis</i> after injection with dsRNA.

<p>Newly emerged, 24-h-old female and male planthoppers were injected with 50 nL (250 ng) dsRNA of <i>GFP</i>, <i>V-ATPase B</i> or <i>V-ATPase D</i>. Following injection, five replicate mating/oviposition cages were prepared per treatment with each cage containing two females and two males on a single corn plant. Seven days after injection, eggs laid in corn leaves were enumerated. Each bar represents the mean and standard error of the mean of n = two independent biological replicates of the experiment. The asterisk (*) indicates that treatment means differ significantly (<i>P</i><0.05) from the dsRNA-GFP control group.