> 1. If there is an RNAi pesticide for corn rootworm, why don't we have one
for Varroa?
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28748595/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23308063/ (unpaywalled) 2012 proof of
concept
https://science.sciencemag.org/content/367/6477/573 (unpaywalled) 2021 RNAi
against Varroa via engineered S.alvi

Bayer is/was developing a RNAi based treatment against varroa.BioDirect
Lessons learned were presented on apimondia
<https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjSlIb2r7jvAhUn-yoKHQJtDrMQFjAIegQICxAD&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.apimondia.com%2Fen%2Fcomponent%2Feasyfolderlistingpro%2F%3Fview%3Ddownload%26format%3Draw%26data%3DeNpFUMtOwzAQ_JWV7yVJESV1TzwOCAFC8AHV1t4klhzb8jqhCPHvOI-Kk70zuzs7g7Kq5A_LnRSNt5qiOLCsaim0V1xcKO_aSMzFtqz2M1NJMTDFpZdnSIryQrUDcfrfcyvF8ThjU1Uvow57mspSiunZLajR4mBkuQxFsgFTN9E3eymKLWzgngieCG3qis_vPng2Qw8P3qXoLfhm5h8NEzIxoNPwnmV51W2MpYtune98yZ68Y7CE0ZGGJvoeNI1kfTCuzfPw8XZnNqe8TcOIMXoEtYqF6PWgUr7p-QpekQelzLT4Wgo6p_UXdLMmQOdgcoYXe1X2jSmh6npyufs0o9lliDQa-lqSy6k4TGbMF__-AROhh9Y%2C&usg=AOvVaw11HJNoTyLxONfRXWq1MwXZ>
(not
very informative)

Time will tell if something makes it to market. I am not putting my hopes
there. Even if they succeed in creating a product, the anti-GMO movement in
the EU i think is too strong to get a product registered.
But who knows.

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