Digestive α-amylases from Tecia solanivora larvae (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae): response to pH, temperature and plant amylase inhibitors

Bulletin of Entomological Research

Volumn 98, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 575-579

  Valencia Jimenez A ^a,b,c   Arboleda V, J W ^a,b   Lopez Avila A ^d   Grossi De Sa M F ^a  

^a EMBRAPA RECURSOS GENÉTICOS E BIOTECNOLOGIA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE CALDAS   (Colombia)

^d CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN TIBAITATÁ   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Amylase inhibitors; Potato; Tecia solanivora; Amylase

Indexed keywords

ENZYME ACTIVITY; INVASIVE SPECIES; PEST CONTROL; PH; POTATO; SEED;

AMARANTHUS CAUDATUS; GELECHIIDAE; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; PHASEOLUS COCCINEUS; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; TECIA SOLANIVORA;

EID: 56449129633     PISSN: 00074853     EISSN: 14752670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007485308005944     Document Type: Article

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