Characteristics of plant proteinase inhibitors and their applications in combating phytophagous insects

Botanical Bulletin of Academia Sinica

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 273-292

  Fan, Shu Guo ^a   Wu, Guo Jiang ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

Author keywords

American black nightshade (Solanum americanum Mill.); Chinese flowering cabbage (Brassica campestris ssp. parachinensis); Lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.); Proteinase inhibitor II (PIN2); Proteinase inhibitors (PIs)

Indexed keywords

BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA; BRASSICA RAPA; BRASSICA RAPA SUBSP. PEKINENSIS; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LACTUCA; LACTUCA SATIVA; SOLANUM; SOLANUM AMERICANUM; SOLANUM NIGRUM;

EID: 27944443661     PISSN: 00068063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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