Toxicity of Bacillus thuringiensis var. Kurstaki to the painted lady butterfly, Vanessa cardui

American Biology Teacher

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 207-210

  Stalter, Richard ^a   Nadal, Gerard ^a   Kincaid, Dwight ^b  

^a ST JOHN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SEROVAR KURSTAKI; VANESSA CARDUI;

EID: 0034147856     PISSN: 00027685     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4450875     Document Type: Article

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