Effects of bacillus thuringiensis var. israelensis on target and nontarget organisms: A review of laboratory and field experiments

Biocontrol Science and Technology

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 517-561

  Boisvert, M ^a   Boisvert, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À TROIS RIVIÈRES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis; Black fly; Field experiments; Laboratory experiments; Literature review; Mosquito; Nontarget organisms

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CRYSTAL; INSECT CONTROL; MOSQUITO; PATHOVAR; PERSISTENCE;

BACTERIUM; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; LITERATURE REVIEW; NONTARGET ORGANISM; PEST CONTROL;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS;

EID: 0033789467     PISSN: 09583157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/095831500750016361     Document Type: Review

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188. Effect of Bacillus thuringiensis var. israelensis on nontarget benthic macroinvertebrates through direct and indirect exposure
189. Disturbance to a stream food web by a bacterial larvicide specific to black flies: Feeding responses of predatory macroinvertebrates
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192. Synergism of mosquitocidal toxicity between CytA and CryIVD proteins using inclusions produced from cloned genes of Bacillus thuringiensis
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194. Dix ans de surveillance de la faune aquatique des rivieres d'Afrique de l'Ouest traitees contre les simulies (Diptera: Simuliidae), agents vecteurs de l'onchocercose humaine