Brevibacillus agri, a pathogenic bacterium of Malacosoma neustria (Lepidoptera: Lasiocampidae)

Fresenius Environmental Bulletin

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 98-100

  Aslan, Irfan ^a   Çoruh, Saliha ^a   Özbek, Hikmet ^a   Yaman, Mustafa ^b   Şahin, Fikrettin ^a  

^a ATATÜRK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Bacterial pathogen; Biological control agent; Brevibacillus agri; Malacosoma neustria

Indexed keywords

BIOCONTROL AGENT; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; PATHOGEN; PEST SPECIES; TOXICITY;

AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BREVIBACILLUS; BREVIBACILLUS AGRI; LASIOCAMPIDAE; LEPIDOPTERA; MALACOSOMA NEUSTRIA; MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO;

EID: 14844288969     PISSN: 10184619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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