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Abstract
Recent evidence indicates that the presence of serine proteinase inhibitors in plant leaves can reduce predation by insects. Plants can now be transformed with proteinase inhibitor genes with strong promoters to express the inhibitor proteins in relatively high levels at specific times. Inhibitors having variable specificities against digestive proteinases of insects and pathogens can now be assessed for their possible role(s) in natural plant defense and for their potential usefulness in protecting crop plants against herbivores.Entities:
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Year: 1989 PMID: 2653308 DOI: 10.1002/bies.950100106
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Bioessays ISSN: 0265-9247 Impact factor: 4.345