Table 2. Pesticidal activity of plant protease inhibitor

Inhibitor

Pest

Reference

Soybean trypsin inhibitor
Bowman-Birk

Tribolium castaneum
Teleogryllus commodus

Oppert et al.1993
Burgess et al. 1991

Kunitz

Helicoverpa armigera

Spodoptera litura
S.exigua

Johnston et al.1993
Ishikawa et al. 1994
McManus and Burgess, 1995
Broadway and Duffey, 1986b

Potato protease inhibitors
Potato inhibitor II

Sesamia inferens
Chrysodeixus erisoma
T. commodus

Duan et al. 1996
Mc Manus et al. 1994
Burgess et al. 1991

Potato multicystatin

Diabrotica virgifera
D. undecimpunctata

Orr et al. 1994
Orr et al. 1994

Tomato protease inhibitor II
Cowpea trypsin inhibitor

Heliothis armigera
Chilo suppressalis
C. inferens
Heliothis armigera

Johnson et al.1989
Xu et al. 1996
Xu et al. 1996
Lawrence and Koundal, 2001

Squash trypsin inhibitor
Cabbage protease inhibitor
Manduca sexta inhibitor

H. virescens
Trichoplusia ni
Bemisia tabaci
Frankliniella spp

MacIntosh et al. 1990
Broadway, 1995
Thomas et al. 1995
Thomas et al. 1994

Soybean cysteine PI
Soy cystatin
Oryzacystatin I

D.virgifera
C.maculatus
Otiorynchus suculatus
C.chinensis
T.castaneum
Leptinorsa decemlineata
Caenorhabditis elegans
Chrysomela tremula
Riptortus clavatus
D.undcimpunctata
Heterodera schachtii
Anthinomous grandis
Meloidogyne incognita

Zhao et al. 1996
Koiwa et al. 1998
Michaud et al. 1995a
Abe et al. 1992
Chen et al. 1992
Michaud et al. 1995a
Urwin et al. 1995
Leple et al. 1995
Abe et al. 1992
Edmonds et al. 1996
Urwin et al. 1997
Pannetier et al.1997
Vain et al.1998

Oryzacystatin II

C.chinensis
R. clavatus

Abe et al. 1992
Wheat germ cysteine + Serine PI T.castaneum Oppert et al. 1993

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