Use of a Pollen-Based Diet to Expose the Ladybird Beetle Propylea japonica to Insecticidal Proteins

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Zhang, Xiaojie ^a,b   Li, Yunhe ^b   Romeis, Jörg ^b,c   Yin, Xinming ^a   Wu, Kongming ^b   Peng, Yufa ^b  

^a HENAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^c AGROSCOPE RECKENHOLZ TÄNIKON RESEARCH STATION ART   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRY1AB TOXIN; CRY1AC TOXIN; CRY1AF PROTEIN; INSECTICIDAL PROTEIN; INSECTICIDE; PROTEIN; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; COCCINELLIDAE; COTTON; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; LARVA; NONHUMAN; POLLEN; PROPYLEA JAPONICA; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PUPATION; RICE;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; BEETLES; DIET; FEMALE; INSECTICIDES; LARVA; MALE; POLLEN; SEEDS;

EID: 84896991894     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0085395     Document Type: Article

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