Sporogenous Midgut Bacteria of the Leafroller, Pandemis pyrusana (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1475-1481

  McKillip, John L ^a,b   Small, Christopher L ^a   Brown, John L ^a   Brunner, Jay F ^a,c   Spence, Kemet D ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Washington Tree Fruit Research Commission   (United States)

Author keywords

Leafroller; Midgut microflora; Pandemis pyrusana; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM RAMOSUM; CLOSTRIDIUM SPIROFORME; COLI BACILLUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; PANDEMIS; PANDEMIS PYRUSANA; TORTRICIDAE;

EID: 0009335154     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ee/26.6.1475     Document Type: Article

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