A NEW MANNOSE BINDING INSECTICIDAL LECTIN ISOLATED FROM SEEDS OF ANNONA SQUAMOSA, AND PROCESS FOR ITS PREPARATION
Application 888/KOL/2005 published 2006-08-04, filed 2005-09-28
The global crop productivity has suffered from attack of several pests of which homopteran insects cause a major damage to rice, mustard, tobacco, cotton and chickpea. The present invention attempts to protect the crop loss by affecting the target pests, mustard aphid and red cotton bug with the help of mannose binding insecticidal Iectins from seeds of Annona squamosa. The lectin has undernoted nucleotide sequencc The present invention also relates to a process for isolation of pure lectin from seeds of Annona squamosa. (FIGnil).
Applicant
BOSE INSTITUTE.
P 1/12. C.I.T. SCHEME VIIM, KOLKATA 700 054, WB, INDIA.
Inventor
DAS SAMPA BANERJEE SANTANU DUTTA INDRAJIT MAJUMDAR PRALAY SARKAR ANINDYA
International Info
Classification: C12N 1/21