AVIDIN AND HOMOLOGUES AS LARVICIDES AGAINST INSECT PESTS

摘要

Avidin and streptavidin have been found to be larvicidal against a number of common insect pests of agricultural crops and stored grains. In a preferred embodiment, plant resistance to these insects is produced by inserting into the cells of a plant a gene whose expression causes production of one or more of these glycoproteins in larvicidal amounts.