Document Type
Patent
Publication Date
10-16-2001
Abstract
This invention includes the characterization of the major salivary protein or enzyme of the corn earworm Helicoverpa zea for triggering resistance to bacterial blight and frogeye leaf spot in soybeans and for triggering resistance to insects in tomatoes. The invention includes an enzyme or a novel protein secreted from the salivary glands of certain insects including the saliva of species belonging to the order Hymenoptera and Lepidoptera.
Department
Entomology; Horticulture
Patent Number
US6303326
Application Filed
12-3-1998
Assignee
University of Arkansas (Little Rock, AR)
Citation
Felton, G. W., Mathews, M. C., Bi, J., & Murphy, J. B. (2001). Insect salivary enzyme triggers systemic resistance. Patents Granted. Retrieved from https://scholarworks.uark.edu/pat/163
Comments
Gary W. Felton, Department of Entomology, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR
Jianlong Bi, Department of Entomology, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR
John B. Murphy, Department of Horticulture, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR