Embryo Microinjection and Knockout Mutant Identification of CRISPR/Cas9 Genome-Edited Helicoverpa Armigera (Hübner)Dong Ai 1,2, Bing Wang 2, Zhennan Fan 1, Yuyao Fu 1, Caihong Yu 1, Guirong Wang 2,3
1School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology, 2State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, 3Guangdong Laboratory of Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Shenzhen; Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
Presented here is a protocol of Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner) embryo microinjection and knockout mutant identification created by CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing. Mutant insects enable further research of gene function and interaction among different genes in vivo.
