2006 journal article

Relative activity of a tobacco hybrid expressing high levels of a tobacco anionic peroxidase and maize ribosome-inactivating protein against Helicoverpa zea and Lasioderma serricorne

JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY, 54(7), 2629–2634.

By: P. Dowd  n, R. Holmes n, T. Pinkerton n, E. Johnson  n, L. Lagrimini n & R. Boston n

co-author countries: United States of America πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ
author keywords: Helicoverpa; Lasioderma; peroxidase; ribosome-inactivating protein; insect resistance; transgenic
MeSH headings : Animals; Coleoptera; Lepidoptera; Peroxidases / genetics; Pest Control, Biological; Plant Proteins / genetics; Plants, Genetically Modified; Ribosomes; Tobacco / enzymology; Tobacco / genetics; Zea mays
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Tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum) plants grown from seed obtained by crossing a tobacco line that expressed an activated maize ribosome-inactivating protein (RIP) with a line that overexpressed tobacco anionic peroxidase were tested for their effects on corn earworm Helicoverpa zea and cigarette beetle Lasioderma serricorne larvae as compared to the wild-type plant cross. Significant feeding reductions were noted for transgenic plants expressing both resistance proteins as compared to wild-type plants for both H. zea and L. serricorne. Significant increases in mortality were also noted for those insects fed on the transgenic cross as compared to wild-type plants in some cases. Levels of both peroxidase and maize RIP were significantly higher in transgenic as compared to wild-type plants (which did not produce maize RIP). The degree of feeding was significantly negatively correlated with the level of RIP or peroxidase individually. Keywords: Helicoverpa; Lasioderma; peroxidase; ribosome-inactivating protein; insect resistance; transgenic