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 …

To meet the demands for food of the expanding world population, there is need of new ways
for protecting plant crops against predators and pathogens while avoiding the use of …

Growing insights into the many roles of glycoconjugates in biorecognition as ligands for
lectins indicates a need to compare plant and animal lectins. Furthermore, the popularity of …

Lectins are carbohydrate binding (glyco) proteins which are ubiquitous in nature. In plants,
they are distributed in various families and hence ingested daily in appreciable amounts by …

Hermetia illucens is an efficient bioconverter able to grow on various different organic
materials, producing larvae, which are a good source of protein and fat with applications in …

Our understanding of the role of plant proteins in defense against herbivores lags behind
that of proteins involved in defense against pathogens. However, recent microarray and …

Transgenic rice plants expressing snowdrop lectin (Galanthus nivalis agglutinin; GNA) were
screened for resistance to green leafhopper (Nephotettix virescens; GLH), a major …

Indirect evidence previously suggested that Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) vegetative
storage protein (VSP) could play a role in defense against herbivorous insects. To test this …

Many plant lectins have high anti‐insect potential. Although the effects of most lectins are
only moderately influencing development or population growth of the insect, some lectins …

Lectins are widely distributed proteins having ability of binding selectively and reversibly
with carbohydrates moieties and glycoconjugates. Although lectins have been reported from …