Variable cross-resistance to Cry11B from Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. jegathesan in Culex quinquefasciatus (Diptera: Culicidae) resistant to single or multiple toxins of Bacillus thuringienisis subsp. israelensis

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 4174-4179

  Wirth, Margaret C ^a   Delécluse, Armelle ^b   Federici, Brian A ^a   Walton, William E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS TOXIN; INSECTICIDE;

BACTERIUM; INSECTICIDE; MOSQUITO; PESTICIDE RESISTANCE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BIOASSAY; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS RESISTANCE; CULEX; NONHUMAN;

ARACHNIDA; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SEROVAR ISRAELENSIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SEROVAR JEGATHESAN; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CULEX PIPIENS QUINQUEFASCIATUS; CULEX QUINQUEFASCIATUS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0344505761     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.11.4174-4179.1998     Document Type: Article

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