Natural Isolates ofBacillus thuringiensis:Worldwide Distribution, Characterization, and Activity against Insect Pests

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 59-68

  Bernhard, K ^a   Jarrett, P ^b   Meadows, M ^b   Butt, J ^b   Ellis, D J ^b   Roberts, G M ^b   Pauli, S ^a   Rodgers, P ^c   Burges, H D ^b  

^a CIBA GEIGY LTD   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c Axis Genetics plc   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Activity spectrum; Aedes aegypti; Agrotis ypsilon; Bacillus thuringiensisnatural isolates; Characterization; Culex pipiens; Distribution; Heliothis virescens; Leptinotarsa decemlineata; Phaedon cochleariae; Pieris brassicae; Spodoptera littoralis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039460332     PISSN: 00222011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jipa.1997.4669     Document Type: Article

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