Detection of the Bacillus thuringiensis serovar japonensis strain Buibui protoxin with enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and its application to detection of the protoxin in soil

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 401-411

  Hori, Hidetaka ^a   Takahashi, Yoshiyuki ^b   Takahashi, Makoto ^c   Wada, Yutaka ^b  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Res Inst Japan Plant Protect A   (Japan)

^c KUBOTA CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bacillus thuringiensis strain buibui; Delta endotoxin; ELISA; Insecticidal crystal; Soil

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034345768     PISSN: 00036862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/aez.2000.401     Document Type: Article

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