Effect of mannose-binding lectin from peanut and pea on the stem borer Chilo partellus |
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Authors: | Ian J Law and Rami Kfir |
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Institution: | (1) Plant Protection Research Institute, Private Bag X134, Pretoria, 0001, South Africa |
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Abstract: | A mannose-binding lectin found in vegetative tissues of peanut, Arachis hypogaea, was compared with mannose-binding lectin from pea, Pisum sativum, for toxic effects on larvae of the stem borer Chilo partellus (Swinhoe). After 10 days, the mortality of larvae fed on artificial diet containing 0.5% (m/m) peanut lectin was 46.2%. The mortality of larvae fed on 1.0% peanut lectin was similar (48.1%) but insects were significantly smaller than those of the 0.5% treatment. Larvae of both lectin treatments stopped feeding within three days. Larval size and mortality was not significantly reduced by 0.1% peanut lectin and 1% heat-treated lectin did not show toxic effects. The mannose-binding lectin from pea was not toxic to C. partellus at concentrations up to 1%. Peanut lectin bound to the apical membranes of columnar epithelial cells in the mid-gut of C. partellus. This suggests that peanut lectin has an antinutritive action and that it may protect vegetative tissues of peanut against insect pests. |
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Keywords: | Arachis hypogaea bioassay Chilo partellus lectin pea peanut Pisum sativum stem borer |
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