Mr Ritesh Jain

r.jain1@uq.edu.au

Ritesh graduated with MS in Biological Sciences (Biotechnology) from Florida Institute of Technology, the USA in 2012, and commenced his PhD in 2019. His research is focussed in the field of insect pest management. The main objective of his research is to develop novel nanotechnology-based strategies against insect pests of crop plants. This innovative technology will address the major limitations of insecticides toxicity and resistance.

Project title: Topical application of RNA interfrence to manage insect pests of horticultural crops

Publications:

Jain, R.G.; Robinson, K.; Mitter, N. RNAi-Mediated Management of Whitefly Bemisia tabaci by Oral Delivery of Double-stranded RNAs. Proceedings 2019, 36, 11

Publications

Journal Articles (8)

Conference Papers (2)

Thesis (1)

Journal Articles

Wang, Yachen, Guo, Shaodong, Ventura, Tomer, Jain, Ritesh, Robinson, Karl E., Mitter, Neena and Herzig, Volker (2024). Development of a soybean leaf disc assay for determining oral insecticidal activity in the lepidopteran agricultural pest Helicoverpa armigera. Toxicon, 238 107588, 107588. doi: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2023.107588

Jain, Ritesh G, Fletcher, Stephen J, Manzie, Narelle, Robinson, Karl E, Li, Peng, Lu, Elvin, Brosnan, Christopher A, Xu, Zhi Ping and Mitter, Neena (2022). Foliar application of clay-delivered RNA interference for whitefly control. Nature Plants, 8 (5), 535-548. doi: 10.1038/s41477-022-01152-8

Jain, Ritesh, Fletcher, Stephen and Mitter, Neena (2022). Effective RNAi-mediated control of the crop pest whitefly. Nature Plants, 8 (5), 461-462. doi: 10.1038/s41477-022-01160-8

Ramos, John E., Jain, Ritesh G., Powell, Charles A., Dawson, William O., Gowda, Siddarame, Borovsky, Dov and Shatters, Robert G. (2021). Crowdsourced identification of potential target genes for CTV induced gene silencing for controlling the citrus greening vector Diaphorina citri. Frontiers in Physiology, 12 571826, 1-15. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2021.571826

Jain, Ritesh G., Robinson, Karl E., Asgari, Sassan and Mitter, Neena (2020). Current scenario of RNAi ‐based hemipteran control. Pest Management Science, 77 (5) ps.6153, 2188-2196. doi: 10.1002/ps.6153

Jain, Ritesh G., Robinson, Karl E., Fletcher, Stephen J. and Mitter, Neena (2020). RNAi-based functional genomics in hemiptera. Insects, 11 (9) 557, 557-22. doi: 10.3390/insects11090557

Mitter, Neena, Worrall, Elizabeth A., Robinson, Karl E., Li, Peng, Jain, Ritesh G., Taochy, Christelle, Fletcher, Stephen J., Carroll, Bernard J., Lu, G. Q. (Max) and Xu, Zhi Ping (2017). Clay nanosheets for topical delivery of RNAi for sustained protection against plant viruses. Nature Plants, 3 (2) 16207, 16207.1-16207.10. doi: 10.1038/nplants.2016.207

Lim, Zhi Xian, Robinson, Karl E., Jain, Ritesh G., Chandra, G. Sharath, Asokan, R., Asgari, Sassan and Mitter, Neena (2016). Diet-delivered RNAi in Helicoverpa armigera – progresses and challenges. Journal of Insect Physiology, 85, 86-93. doi: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2015.11.005

Conference Papers

Mody, Karishma T., Zhang, Bing, Li, Xun, Jain, Ritesh, Li, Peng, James, Peter, Mahony, Timothy J., Xu, Zhiping and Mitter, Neena (2020). Topical RNAi for Sustainable Animal Health. TropAg 2019, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 11-13 November 2019. Basel, Switzerland: MDPI. doi: 10.3390/proceedings2019036170

Jain, Ritesh G., Robinson, Karl and Mitter, Neena (2019). RNAi-mediated management of whitefly Bemisia tabaci by oral delivery of double-stranded RNAs. The Third International Tropical Agriculture Conference TropAg 2019 , Brisbane, QLD Australia, 11-13 November 2019. Basel, Switzerland: MDPI. doi: 10.3390/proceedings2019036011

Thesis

Jain, Ritesh Gyanchandaji (2022). Topical application of double-stranded RNA to manage insect pests. PhD Thesis, Centre for Horticultural Science, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/6a23570

Areas of research

Centre for Horticultural Science