Isolation of insecticidal lectin-enriched extracts from African yam bean (Sphenostylis Stenocarpa) and other legume species

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 301-311

  Omitogun, O G ^a,b   Jackai, L E N ^a,b   Thottappilly, G ^a,b  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE   (Nigeria)

^b IITA Cameroon c/o Lambourn and Co   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clavigralla tomentosicollis; Electrophoresis; Insect resistance; Insecticidal proteins; Lectin; Legumes; Maruca vitrata; Sphenostylis stenocarpa; Vigna

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; CLONED GENE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; LECTIN; PEST RESISTANCE; PESTICIDE PRODUCTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SDS POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

CALLOSOBRUCHUS MACULATUS; CLAVIGRALLA TOMENTOSICOLLIS; MARUCA VITRATA; SPHENOSTYLIS STENOCARPA; VIGNA;

EID: 0033019517     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1570-7458.1999.00450.x     Document Type: Article

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