One of the most important direct defense responses in plants against the attack by
phytophagous insects is the production of insecticidal peptides or proteins. One particular …

The immune system consists of a complex network of cells and molecules that interact with
each other to initiate the host defense system. Many of these interactions involve specific …

Gene suppression via RNA interference (RNAi) provides an alternative strategy for insect
pest management. The ingestion by insects of double-stranded RNAs targeting essential …

For more than 350 million years, there have been ongoing dynamic interactions between
plants and insects. In several cases, insects cause-specific feeding damage with ensuing …

Dietary lectins are carbohydrate-binding proteins found in food sources. We used a panel of
seven dietary lectins to analyze cytotoxicity against hematological cancers. Wheat germ …

The insect kinins are multifunctional neuropeptides found in a variety of arthropod species,
including the pea aphid Acyrthosiphon pisum (Hemiptera: Aphidae). A series of biostable …

Rice weevil, Sitophilus oryzae L.(Coleoptera: Curculionidae), is one of the most destructive
stored-product pests that is resistant to a wide range of chemical insecticides. In the present …

A jasmonate-inducible lectin called Nic otiana tab acum a gglutinin or NICTABA was found
in tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum cv Samsun) leaves. Since NICTABA expression is also …

This project studied in detail the insecticidal activity of a fungal lectin from the sclerotes of
Sclerotinia sclerotiorum, referred to as S. sclerotiorum agglutinin or SSA. Feeding assays …

Nasopharyngeal myiasis of camels is caused by the larvae of Cephalopina titillator. We
determined the efficacy of essential oils (EOs) of pumpkin, Cucurbita maxima; lupinus …