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The most important characteristic of this novel toxin is its specificity towards Heliothis virescens, the tobacco budworm, a worldwide pest of numerous valuable crops such as cotton.
Administration of CM-IV HPLC fractions to tobacco budworm at a dose of 1 μg/100 mg larva showed slow and progressive flaccid paralysis only with fraction 6. Other fractions were ineffective at this dose.
The plasmids pGAL4-EcR encodes a fusion protein between the yeast GAL4 DNA binding domain and the ligand binding domain of the ecdysone receptor from the spruce budworm, Choristoneura occidentalis.
The individual lyophilized fractions were dissolved in deionized water, and an appropriate concentration of each fraction was injected into fourth instar Heliothis virescens (tobacco budworm) and last instar larvae of Sarcophaga falculata (blowfly).
When expressed in baculovirus system as a biopesticide scorpion toxins offer the advantage of faster kill without chemical insecticides [ 13 ] . Although the safety of recombinant baculoviruses is less of a concern ButaIT offers an extra level of safety as a recombinant biopesticide due to its specificity to tobacco budworm ion channels.