Replication of Bacillus thuringiensis in larvae of the Mediterranean flour moth, Ephestia kuehniella (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae): Growth, sporulation and insecticidal activity of parasporal crystals

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 479-486

  Takatsuka, Jun ^a   Kunimi, Yasuhisa ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bacillus thuringiensis; Ephestia kuehniella; Horizontal transmission; Parasporal crystal; Sporulation

Indexed keywords

ANAGASTA KUEHNIELLA; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SEROVAR AIZAWAI; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOMBYX MORI; EPHESTIA; KUEHNIELLA; LEPIDOPTERA; PYRALIDAE;

EID: 0032262481     PISSN: 00036862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/aez.33.479     Document Type: Article

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