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Transgenic rice plants expressing snowdrop lectin (Galanthus nivalis agglutinin; GNA) were screened for resistance to green leafhopper (Nephotettix virescens; GLH), a major homopteran pest of rice. Survival was reduced by 29% and 53% (P<0.05) respectively, on plants where GNA expression was tissue-specific (phloem and epidermal layer) or constitutive. Similar levels of resistance in GNA-expressing transgenic rice were previously reported for rice brown planthopper (Nilaparvata lugens; BPH). GNA binding to glycoproteins in gut tissues showed that BPH contained more "receptors" than GLH, and that the binding affinity was stronger, particularly in the midgut. Subsequent toxicity of GNA is thus unlikely to be directly related to the amount of lectin bound. GNA was not detected in the honeydew of either insect species when they were fed on GNA-expressing plants, in contrast to results from artificial diet studies. This result suggests that GNA is not being delivered to the insect efficiently. When offered a free choice vs control plants, BPH nymphs tended to avoid plants expressing GNA; avoidance was less pronounced and took longer to develop on plants where GNA expression was tissue-specific, In contrast to BPH, GLH nymphs were attracted to plants expressing GNA, whether constitutively or in a tissue-specific manner. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
Author(s): Gatehouse AMR; Foissac X; Loc NT; Christou P; Gatehouse JA
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Journal of Insect Physiology
Year: 2000
Volume: 46
Issue: 4
Pages: 573-583
ISSN (print): 0022-1910
ISSN (electronic): 1879-1611
Publisher: Pergamon
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0022-1910(99)00143-2
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1910(99)00143-2
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