Plant allelochemicals as sources of insecticides

I Tlak Gajger, SA Dar - Insects, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Due to the banning of many synthetic pesticides, current intensive farming
systems require us to develop new approaches to integrated pest management. Devastating …

Plant serine protease inhibitors: biotechnology application in agriculture and molecular farming

M Clemente, MG Corigliano, SA Pariani… - International journal of …, 2019 - mdpi.com
The serine protease inhibitors (SPIs) are widely distributed in living organisms like bacteria,
fungi, plants, and humans. The main function of SPIs as protease enzymes is to regulate the …

Biotechnological, biomedical, and agronomical applications of plant protease inhibitors with high stability: A systematic review

J Cotabarren, D Lufrano, MG Parisi, WD Obregón - Plant Science, 2020 - Elsevier
Protease inhibitors (PIs) are regulatory proteins found in numerous animal tissues and
fluids, plants, and microorganisms that reduce and inhibit the exacerbated and uncontrolled …

Characterization, biomedical and agricultural applications of protease inhibitors: A review

TN Shamsi, R Parveen, S Fatima - International journal of biological …, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract This review describes Protease Inhibitors (PIs) which target or inhibit proteases,
protein digesting enzymes. These proteases play a crucial task in many biological events …

In order to lower the antinutritional activity of serine protease inhibitors, we need to understand their role in seed development

J Vorster, W Westhuizen, G Plessis, D Marais… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Proteases, including serine proteases, are involved in the entire life cycle of plants.
Proteases are controlled by protease inhibitors (PI) to limit any uncontrolled or harmful …

TcTI, a Kunitz-type trypsin inhibitor from cocoa associated with defense against pathogens

M do Amaral, ACO Freitas, AS Santos… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Protease inhibitors (PIs) are important biotechnological tools of interest in agriculture.
Usually they are the first proteins to be activated in plant-induced resistance against …

Structural genome analysis in cultivated potato taxa

M Kyriakidou, SR Achakkagari… - Theoretical and Applied …, 2020 - Springer
Key message Twelve potato accessions were selected to represent two principal views on
potato taxonomy. The genomes were sequenced and analyzed for structural variation (copy …

[HTML][HTML] Host plants indirectly influence plant virus transmission by altering gut cysteine protease activity of aphid vectors

PV Pinheiro, M Ghanim, M Alexander… - Molecular & Cellular …, 2017 - Elsevier
The green peach aphid, Myzus persicae, is a vector of the Potato leafroll virus (PLRV,
Luteoviridae), transmitted exclusively by aphids in a circulative manner. PLRV transmission …

Evaluating the pesticidal impact of plant protease inhibitors: lethal weaponry in the co‐evolutionary battle

A Pandey, R Yadav, I Sanyal - Pest Management Science, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
In the arsenal of plant defense, protease inhibitors (PIs) are well‐designed defensive
products to counter field pests. PIs are produced in plant tissues by means of 'stable defense …

Carnivorous Nepenthes x ventrata plants use a naphthoquinone as phytoanticipin against herbivory

A Dávila-Lara, A Rahman-Soad, M Reichelt… - PLoS One, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Carnivorous plants feed on animal prey, mainly insects, to get additional nutrients. This
carnivorous syndrome is widely investigated and reported. In contrast, reports on herbivores …