Lectins are carbohydrate binding (glyco) proteins which are ubiquitous in nature. In plants,
they are distributed in various families and hence ingested daily in appreciable amounts by …

Many plant lectins have high anti‐insect potential. Although the effects of most lectins are
only moderately influencing development or population growth of the insect, some lectins …

The phloem sap-sucking hemipteran insect, Aphis craccivora, commonly known as cowpea
aphid, cause major yield loss of important food legume crop chickpea. Among different plant …

Insect predation problem in agriculture and forestry has challenged researchers worldwide
to identify newer eco-friendly insecticides. Among them Bacillus thuringiensis δ-endotoxin …

The homopteran group of polyphagous sucking insect pests causes severe damage to many
economically important plants including tobacco. Allium sativum leaf lectin (ASAL), a …

Background Localized actomyosin contraction couples with actin polymerization and cell-
matrix adhesion to regulate cell protrusions and retract trailing edges of migrating cells …

Abstract Lygus bugs (Hemiptera: Miridae) can damage economically important crop plants
by feeding on their active growing points, such as the apical meristem and buds, and …

Taro (Colocasia esculenta) corm is a rustic staple food, rich in small starch granules, fibers,
and bioactive phytoconstituents such as flavonoids, alkaloids, sterols, tannins, phytates …

Garlic (Allium sativum) holds a unique therapeutic potential as it inhibits invasion of
carcinoma, provides cardiovascular protection, lowering of cholesterol, blood pressure, anti …

The insecticidal activity of the leaf (ASAL) and bulb (ASAII) agglutinins from Allium sativum
L.(garlic) against the cotton leafworm, Spodoptera littoralis Boisd.(Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) …