Vulnerability of the fir coneworm, Dioryctria abietivorella (Grote) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae), in different larval stages to the HD-1 strain of Bacillus thuringiensis

Canadian Entomologist

Volumn 129, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 197-198

  Trudel, Richard ^a   Bauce, Éric ^a   Cabana, Jean ^a,b   Guertin, Claude ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b MINISTÈRE DES RESSOURCES NATURELLES ET DE LA FAUNE   (Canada)

^c INRS INSTITUT ARMAND FRAPPIER   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABIES; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; DIORYCTRIA; DIORYCTRIA ABIETIVORELLA; LEPIDOPTERA; PYRALIDAE;

EID: 0030969969     PISSN: 0008347X     EISSN: 19183240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4039/Ent129197-1     Document Type: Article

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