Rachel E. Down

Snowdrop lectin inhibits development and decreases fecundity of the Glasshouse Potato Aphid (Aulacorthum solani) when administered in vitro and via transgenic plants both in laboratory and glasshouse trials

Rachel E. Down, Angharad M. R. Gatehouse, W D Hamilton et al. · Journal of Insect Physiology · 1996 · 219 citations

Biology, Physiological Plant Pathology, Transgenic Plants +11

Expression of the insecticidal lectin from snowdrop (Galanthus nivalis agglutinin; GNA) in transgenic wheat plants: effects on predation by the grain aphid Sitobion avenae

Eva Stöger, S. Henry Williams, Paul Christou et al. · Molecular Breeding · 1999 · 208 citations

Transgenic potato plants with enhanced resistance to the peach‐potato aphid <i>Myzus persicae</i>

Angharad M. R. Gatehouse, Rachel E. Down, K.S. Powell et al. · Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata · 1996 · 192 citations

Engineering, Genetics, Entomology +21

Effect of dietary cowpea trypsin inhibitor (CpTI) on the growth and development of the tomato mothLacanobia oleracea (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) and on the success of the gregarious ectoparasitoidEulophus pennicornis (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae)

Howard A. Bell, Elaine Fitches, Rachel E. Down et al. · Pest Management Science · 2001 · 77 citations

Engineering, Botany, Genetics +20

The effect of snowdrop lectin (GNA) delivered via artificial diet and transgenic plants on Eulophus pennicornis (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae), a parasitoid of the tomato moth Lacanobia oleracea (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)

Howard A. Bell, Elaine Fitches, Rachel E. Down et al. · Journal of Insect Physiology · 1999 · 76 citations

Biology, Transgenic Plants, Plant-insect Interaction +10