Larvicidal lectins and plant insect resistance based thereon

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1991-09-20

1995-04-18

Fox, David T.

Plant husbandry

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530396, 530370, 530371, 530372, 530375, 530376, 530379, 514 8, A01H 100, C07K 300, A61K 3710, A61K 3578

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ABSTRACT:
Selected plant lectins have been found to be larvicidal against a number of common insect pests of agricultural crops. In a preferred embodiment, plant resistance to these insects is produced by inserting into the cells of a plant a gene whose expression causes production of one or more of these lectins in larvicidal amounts.

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