Plant genetic engineering offers opportunities for the creation of insect-resistant plants by
insertion and expression in planta of entomopathogenic proteins. Two main approaches to …

Insect-resistant transgenic plants have become an important tool for the protection of crops
against insect pests. The acreage of insecticidal transgenic plants is expected to increase …

Plant proteinase inhibitors (PIs) have been well established to play a potent defensive role
against predators and pathogens. Although diverse endogenous functions for these proteins …

Extracellular plant peptides perform a large variety of functions, including signalling and
defence. Intracellular peptides often have physiological functions or may merely be the …

This work illustrates potential adverse effects linked with the expression of proteinase
inhibitor (PI) in plants used as a strategy to enhance pest resistance. Tobacco (Nicotiana …

Incorporation of genes encoding proteinase inhibitors into oilseed rape genome could
confer resistance to Coleoptera, which are the major pests on rape in Europe. A detailed …

Plant serine protease inhibitors are defense proteins crafted by nature for inhibiting serine
proteases. Use of eco-friendly, sustainable and effective protein molecules which could halt …

Plant proteinase inhibitors (PIs), which play a potent defensive role against predators and
pathogens, are natural, defense-related proteins often present in seeds and induced in …

A novel trypsin inhibitor was purified from the seeds of Peltophorum dubium (Spreng.). SDS-
PAGE under reducing conditions showed that the inhibitor consisted of a single polypeptide …

Transgenic plants expressing protease inhibitors (PIs) have emerged in recent years as an
alternative strategy for pest control. Beneficial insects such as parasitoids may therefore be …