Biochemical, entomological and molecular characterization of the interaction between digestive proteinase inhibitors and insects of the Lepidoptera order

• Grant number: 97/04934-3
• Support Opportunities: Research Projects - Thematic Grants
• Start date: November 01, 1997
• End date: December 31, 2002
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Biochemistry - Molecular Biology
• Principal Investigator: Márcio de Castro Silva Filho
• Grantee: Márcio de Castro Silva Filho
• Host Institution: Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz (ESALQ). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Piracicaba , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant(s): 04/09979-0 - Patenting of a sugarcane promoter induced by herbivorous insects, AP.PAPI

Abstract

The present research project proposes a broad approach centered on a new strategy in the control of insect pests: the use of proteinase inhibitors. In this project, it is hoped to cover the main areas related to the subject: biochemistry, entomology and molecular biology. It entails a multi-disciplinary piece of research involving both the basic area (characterization and study of the main digestive enzymes of the insects in question), and the applied area, with the evaluation of transgenic plants expressing proteinase inhibitors and their susceptibility to the insects. The participation should be noted of a private company (Copersucar) which will collaborate on the realization of one of the proposed objectives. (AU)

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

POMPERMAYER‚ P.; LOPES‚ AR; TERRA‚ WR; PARRA‚ JRP; FALCO‚ MC; SILVA-FILHO‚ MC. Effects of soybean proteinase inhibitor on development‚ survival and reproductive potential of the sugarcane borer‚ Diatraea saccharalis. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, v. 99, n. 1, p. 79-85, 2001. (97/04934-3)

POMPERMAYER‚ P.; FALCO‚ M.C.; PARRA‚ J.R.P.; SILVA-FILHO‚ M.C.. Coupling diet quality and Bowman-Birk and Kunitz-type soybean proteinase inhibitor effectiveness to Diatraea saccharalis development and mortality. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, v. 109, n. 3, p. 217-224, 2003. (97/04934-3)

Filed patent(s) as a result of this research project