Opposite effects on Spodoptera littoralis larvae of high expression level of a trypsin proteinase inhibitor in transgenic plants

Plant Physiology

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 997-1004

  De Leo, Francesca ^a   Bonadé Bottino, Michel A ^b   Ceci, Luigi R ^c   Gallerani, Raffaele ^a   Jouanin, Lise ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

^c CNR   (Italy)

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EID: 0000051893     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.118.3.997     Document Type: Article

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