Plant‐derived protease inhibitors (PIs) are a promising defensin for crop improvement and insect pest management. Although agronomist made significant efforts in utilizing PIs for …
The first edition of Tanada and Kaya's Insect Pathology is the standard reference in the field for researchers and both undergraduate and graduate students and is well known …
OK Opender Koul - Cabi Reviews, 2012 - cabidigitallibrary.org
Pesticides based on microorganisms and their products have proven to be highly effective, species specific and eco-friendly in nature, leading to their adoption in pest management …
Plants have evolved with various effective mechanisms to defend themselves against herbivores, and one such mechanism is the production of protease inhibitors that disrupt …
C Khajuria, LL Buschman, MS Chen… - Insect biochemistry and …, 2010 - Elsevier
Chitinases belong to a large and diverse family of hydrolytic enzymes that break down glycosidic bonds of chitin. However, very little is known about the function of chitinase genes …
Background Several recent studies have demonstrated the use of Roche 454 sequencing technology for de novo transcriptome analysis. Low error rates and high coverage also allow …
Background Wood-feeding insects often work in collaboration with microbial symbionts to degrade lignin biopolymers and release glucose and other fermentable sugars from …
Z Miao, X Cao, H Jiang - Insect biochemistry and molecular biology, 2020 - Elsevier
Food digestion is vital for the survival and prosperity of insects. Research on insect digestive enzymes yields knowledge of their structure and function, and potential targets of …
L Rodríguez–Cabrera… - Environmental …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
SfT6 has been identified in a subtracted cDNA library of Spodoptera frugiperda larval midgut transcripts as a serine‐protease gene downregulated within 24 h of intoxication with Bacillus …