Gut colonization by an ice nucleation active bacterium, Erwinia (Pantoea) ananas reduces the cold hardiness of mulberry pyralid larvae

Cryobiology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 281-289

  Watanabe, Kenji ^a   Sato, Mamoru ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biological control; Cold tolerance; Gut colonization; Ice nucleation active bacteria; Ingestion; Overwintering insect; Supercooling point

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; COLD TOLERANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; ERWINIA; INTESTINE; LARVA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SILKWORM;

EID: 0033150167     PISSN: 00112240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/cryo.1999.2169     Document Type: Article

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