Colorado potato beetle (coleoptera: chrysomelidae) feeding, development, and survival to adulthood after continuous exposure to Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. tenebrionis-treated potato foliage from the field

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 149-156

  Nault, Brian A ^a,b   Costa, Scott D ^a,c   Kennedy, George G ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacillus thuringiensis subsp.; Colorado potato beetle; Development; Feeding; Survival; Tenebrionis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BEETLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; PHYSIOLOGY; POTATO; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BEETLES; COLORADO; LARVA; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 0000793878     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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