Synergistic effect of the Bacillus thuringiensis toxins CryIAa and CryIAc on the gypsy moth, Lymantria dispar

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 583-586

  Lee, Mi Kyong ^a   Curtiss, A ^a   Alcantara, E ^a   Dean, D H ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDOTOXIN; INSECTICIDE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BIOASSAY; DOSE CALCULATION; DRUG POTENTIATION; GROWTH INHIBITION; INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE; LEPIDOPTERA; TOXIN ANALYSIS;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; LYMANTRIA DISPAR; BOMBYX MORI; LEPIDOPTERA; LYMANTRIIDAE;

GYPSY MOTH; INSECTICIDAL CRYSTAL PROTEIN; SILKWORM; SYNERGISM; TOXICITY;

EID: 0029668246     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.2.583-586.1996     Document Type: Article

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