Inhibition of insect pest α-amylases by little and finger millet inhibitors

Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 155-160

  Sivakumar, S ^a   Mohan, M ^a   Franco, O L ^b   Thayumanavan, B ^a  

^a TAMIL NADU AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DE BRASÍLIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amylase inhibitor; Eleusine coracana; Panicum sumatrense; Phytophagous and storage pests

Indexed keywords

CALLOSOBRUCHUS CHINENSIS; ELEUSINE; ELEUSINE CORACANA; INSECTA; PANICUM SUMATRENSE; SITOPHILUS ORYZAE; TRIBOLIUM CASTANEUM;

EID: 33744914622     PISSN: 00483575     EISSN: 10959939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pestbp.2005.11.008     Document Type: Article

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