Effect of nematicidal bacillus thuringiensis strains on free-living nematodes. 1. light microscopic observations, species and biological stage specificity and identification of resistant mutants of caenorhabditis elegans

Fundamental and Applied Nematology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 391-398

  Borgonie, Gaëtan ^a,b,c   Claeys, Myriam ^b   Leyns, Frederik ^a   Arnaut, Greta ^a   De Waele, Dirk ^a,d   Coomans, August ^b  

^a Bayer Cropscience Belgium   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^d Laboratory for Tropical Plant Cultivation   (Belgium)

Author keywords

C. Elegans; Mutants; Nematodes; Specificity; Thuringiensis; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030484119     PISSN: 11645571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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