PROTEINS WITH INSECTICIDAL PROPERTIES AGAINST HOMOPTERAN INSECTS AND THEIR USE IN PLANT PROTECTION

摘要

PCT No. PCT/GB92/01565 Sec. 371 Date Apr. 21, 1994 Sec. 102(e) Date Apr. 21, 1994 PCT Filed Aug. 26, 1992 PCT Pub. No. WO93/04177 PCT Pub. Date Mar. 4, 1993The invention relates to the use for control of Homopteran insect pests of a protein which has toxic or antimetabolic effects on them. According to the invention there is provided a transgenic plant comprising a gene coding for a protein which has toxic or antimetabolic effects on Homopteran insect pests, the gene being associated with a promoter which causes the gene to express the protein in the phloem of the plant.