摘要
Plant protease inhibitors are considered to be protective agents in plants against herbivorous insects. It was shown that damage to the leaves of certain plant species by insect feeding induced the synthesis of protease inhibitors. Plants can now be genetically manipulated with protease inhibitor genes to express the inhibitor proteins in relatively high level resistant to insect pests. Studies on interactions of protease inhibitors with insect digestive enzymes may further elucidate the physiological role in natural plant defense and the potential usefulness in resistant crop breeding against insect pests of agriculture.
Plant protease inhibitors are considered to be protective agents in plants against herbivorous insects. It was shown that damage to the leaves of certain plant species by insect feeding induced the synthesis of protease inhibitors. Plants can now be genetically manipulated with protease inhibitor genes to express the inhibitor proteins in relatively high level resistant to insect pests. Studies on interactions of protease inhibitors with insect digestive enzymes may further elucidate the physiological role in natural plant defense and the potential usefulness in resistant crop breeding against insect pests of agriculture.
出处
《昆虫学报》
CAS
CSCD
北大核心
1997年第2期212-218,共7页
Acta Entomologica Sinica
基金
国家自然科学基金
关键词
植物蛋白酶
抑制素
植物性杀虫剂
抗虫作用
protease inhibitor, wound-induced response, mode of action, plant resistance to insects
