Combined Effect of Sublethal Exposure to Cotton Expressing the Endotoxin Protein of Bacillus thuringiensis and Natural Enemies on Survival of Bollworm (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) Larvae

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 939-945

  Mascarenhas, V J ^a   Luttrell, R G ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacillus thuringiensis; Berliner kurstaki; Bollworm; Cotton; Natural enemies

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SEROVAR BERLINER; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; HELICOVERPA ZEA; LEPIDOPTERA; NOCTUIDAE; ZEA;

EID: 0000217074     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ee/26.4.939     Document Type: Article

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