{"id":3037,"date":"2026-04-17T06:49:54","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T06:49:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/?p=3037"},"modified":"2026-04-17T06:49:54","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T06:49:54","slug":"rnai-is-effective-against-varroa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/prt\/rnai-is-effective-against-varroa\/","title":{"rendered":"RNAi \u00e9 Eficaz Contra Varroa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A interfer\u00eancia de RNA (RNAi), uma tecnologia molecular inovadora j\u00e1 utilizada contra v\u00edrus (por exemplo, DWV), pode tamb\u00e9m ser \u00fatil para o controlo de varroas.<br>Um novo estudo da Universidade de Wellington, Nova Zel\u00e2ndia, relatou controlo eficaz de \u00e1caros utilizando RNAi espec\u00edfica para varroa (vadescana), administrada atrav\u00e9s de alimenta\u00e7\u00e3o em duas doses diferentes. Ambas as doses reduziram as popula\u00e7\u00f5es de \u00e1caros em compara\u00e7\u00e3o com o controlo n\u00e3o tratado, com n\u00edveis compar\u00e1veis aos obtidos com o uso de acaricidas sint\u00e9ticos. A taxa de sobreviv\u00eancia das col\u00f3nias tratadas foi tamb\u00e9m significativamente superior \u00e0 do grupo de controlo (45%contra 7,5% ).<br>O RNAi confirma a sua efic\u00e1cia contra o Varroa, abrindo uma nova estrat\u00e9gia de controlo do \u00e1caro.<br><br>Ler o artigo cient\u00edfico <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/full\/10.1080\/00218839.2026.2622814\" title=\"\">aqui<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Um novo estudo da Universidade de Wellington, Nova Zel\u00e2ndia, relatou um controlo eficaz de \u00e1caros utilizando ARN de interfer\u00eancia (ARNi) espec\u00edfico para Varroa (vadescana), administrado atrav\u00e9s de alimenta\u00e7\u00e3o em duas doses diferentes. Ambas as doses reduziram as popula\u00e7\u00f5es de \u00e1caros em compara\u00e7\u00e3o com o controlo n\u00e3o tratado, com n\u00edveis compar\u00e1veis aos obtidos utilizando acaricidas sint\u00e9ticos. 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