Relative Toxicity of the Maize Endosperm Ribosome-Inactivating Protein to Insects

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 3775-3779

  Dowd, Patrick F ^a   Mehta, Ashwin D ^b   Boston, Rebecca S ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL UTILIZATION RESEARCH   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

b 32; Carpophilus; Corn; Helicoverpa; Host plant resistance; Ostrinia; Plodia; Sitophilus; Spodoptera; Zea

Indexed keywords

BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA; CARPOPHILUS; CARPOPHILUS FREEMANI; COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; HELICOVERPA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; NITIDULIDAE; OSTRINIA; PHACELIA CONGESTA; PLODIA; PLODIA INTERPUNCTELLA; SITOPHILUS; SITOPHILUS ZEAMAIS; SPODOPTERA; TRICHOPLUSIA NI; ZEA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0000116035     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf980334w     Document Type: Article

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