The invention discloses a female parent
RNA interference method based on a parasitic wasp specific developmental
window period, and relates to the technical field of
insect functional genomics and genetic manipulation, and the method comprises the following steps: systematically comparing
microinjection effects of a pre-pupal period and an adult period, determining an efficient and safe window of parasitic wasp female parent
RNA interference in the adult period, the method comprises the following steps: selecting a conservative transform
gene in an
insect sex determination pathway as a
target gene to prepare specific double-stranded
RNA, and performing targeted
microinjection on the belly of a female bee in an
adult stage, so that efficient silencing of the
target gene is realized on the premise of ensuring
high survival rate and normal
reproductive capacity of a female parent. According to the method, by defining an efficient and
safe operation window of the parasitic wasp female parent RNAi in the
adult stage, the technical problems of high death rate,
developmental disorder, reproductive power decline and the like caused by injection in the pre-pupal stage are thoroughly solved, the cumulative
survival rate of the female parent within 20 days is not lower than 50%, the operation
repeatability is high, and a stable and reliable technical normal form is provided for research on the
gene function of the parasitic wasp.