CanPI-7 and -22 ingestion led to dose-dependent growth and development retardation in Chilo partellus.
Ingestion of CanPIs showed up-regulation of proteinase activity and differential proteinase isoforms in C. partellus.
CanPI-7/-22 induced differential proteinases of C. partellus were sensitive to CanPI-7 and were insensitive to CanPI-22.
Molecular interaction studies of C. partellus proteinases and CanPIs identified a potent inhibitor.