Insecticidal spider venom toxin fused to snowdrop lectin is toxic to the peach-potato aphid, Myzus persicae (Hemiptera: Aphididae) and the rice brown planthopper, Nilaparvata lugens (Hemiptera: Delphacidae)

Pest Management Science

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 77-85

  Down, Rachel E ^a   Fitches, Elaine C ^a   Wiles, Duncan P ^b   Corti, Paola ^b   Bell, Howard A ^a   Gatehouse, John A ^b   Edwards, John P ^a  

^a CENTRAL SCIENCE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fusion protein; Galanthus nivalis agglutinin (GNA); Homoptera; Neurotoxin; Oral ingestion; Segestria florentina

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE; NEUROTOXIN; PLANT LECTIN;

APHID; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; MORTALITY; PEST CONTROL; PLANT EXTRACT; PLANTHOPPER; TOXIN;

ANIMAL; APHID; ARTICLE; BLOOD; HEMIPTERA; HEMOLYMPH; METABOLISM; PARASITOLOGY; POTATO; PRUNUS; RICE; SPIDER;

ANIMALS; APHIDS; HEMIPTERA; HEMOLYMPH; INSECTICIDES; NEUROTOXINS; ORYZA SATIVA; PLANT LECTINS; PRUNUS; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; SPIDERS;

APHIDIDAE; ARANEAE; DELPHACIDAE; GALANTHUS; GALANTHUS NIVALIS; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MYZUS PERSICAE; NILAPARVATA LUGENS; PRUNUS PERSICA; SEGESTRIA FLORENTINA; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 32044468332     PISSN: 1526498X     EISSN: 15264998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ps.1119     Document Type: Article

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