Effect of the salivary proteinase from the New Zealand wheat bug, Nysius huttoni, on various exotic and endemic plant seeds

New Zealand Journal of Crop and Horticultural Science

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 191-196

  Every, D ^a   Stufkens, M A W ^a  

^a THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Endemic plants; Exotic plants; Nysius huttoni; Proteinase; Seed proteins; Wheat bug damage

Indexed keywords

ACIPHYLLA SCOTT-THOMSONII; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; HEBE SALICIFOLIA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NEW ZEALAND; PROTEIN HYDROLYSIS; PROTEINASE; SDS POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; WHEAT;

ACHILLEA MILLEFOLIUM; CHENOPODIUM ALBUM; CORONOPUS DIDYMUS; NYSIUS HUTTONI; POLYGONUM AVICULARE;

EID: 0032701480     PISSN: 01140671     EISSN: 11758783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01140671.1999.9514096     Document Type: Article

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