Fig. 8

Relative expression of SNF7 in Thrips tabaci after feeding dsRNA incorporated in the liquid diet through membrane feeding assay as compared control with respect to most stable and least stable reference genes. a Normalization studies with most stable genes (GSTD2—93.98%, SOD—93.4%, GSTD2 + SOD—93.3% Knockdown efficiency. b Normalization studies with least stable genes EF—70.0%, TUB—61.1%, TUB + EF—85.05% knockdown efficiency. *Indicates significant levels of mRNA transcripts of target genes compared to GFP (P ≤ 0.05, Student’s t-test)