Isolation, characterization, and culture of Bacillus thuringiensis from soil and dust from grain storage bins and their toxicity for Mamestra configurata (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)

Canadian Entomologist

Volumn 130, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 515-537

  Morris, O N ^a   Converse, V ^a   Kanagaratnam, P ^a   Cote J C ^b  

^a Cereal Research Centre   (Canada)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CANADA; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COTTON; ENDOTOXIN; NITROGEN; PATHOGENESIS; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SDS POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEROTYPING; SOIL;

BACTERIUM; BIOCONTROL AGENT; CULTURE; LABORATORY METHOD; TOXICITY TEST;

ARMY WORM; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SEROVAR BERLINER; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GLYCINE MAX; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; LEPIDOPTERA; MAMESTRA CONFIGURATA; MYTHIMNA UNIPUNCTA; NOCTUIDAE; PHASEOLUS (ANGIOSPERM);

EID: 0031784708     PISSN: 0008347X     EISSN: 19183240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4039/Ent130515-4     Document Type: Article

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