Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata (1999) 93, 173-178

Atsushi Mochizuki, Yaeko Nishizawa, Haruko Onodera, Yutaka Tabei, Seiichi Toki, Yoshiki Habu, Masashi Ugaki and Yuko Ohashi (1999)
Transgenic rice plants expressing a trypsin inhibitor are resistant against rice stem borers, Chilo suppressalis
Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 93 (2), 173-178
Abstract: A synthetic gene, mwti1b, coding for a winged bean trypsin inhibitor WTI-1B, has been introduced and expressed in rice plants, Oryza sativa. Protein extracts from transgenic rice plants expressing the trypsin inhibitor inhibited the gut proteases of larvae of the serious insect pest, the rice stem borer, Chilo suppressalis (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) in vitro. The growth of larvae reared on transgenic rice plants expressing WTI-1B at more than 1 ng/10 µg total protein was significantly retarded compared to that on non-transgenic control plants.
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Database assignments for author(s): Atsushi Mochizuki

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
resistance/tolerance/defence of host

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Chilo suppressalis	Rice (Oryza)	Japan