Effects of the Cry1Ac toxin of Bacillus thuringiensis on Microplitis mediator, a parasitoid of the cotton bollworm, Helicoverpa armigera

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 205-213

  Liu, Xiaoxia ^a   Zhang, Qingwen ^a   Zhao, Jian Zhou ^b   Cai, Qingnian ^a   Xu, Huanli ^a   Li, Jiancheng ^c  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b New York State Agricultural Experiment Station   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF CEREAL AND OIL CROPS   (China)

Author keywords

Biological control; Braconidae; Bt plant; Endotoxin; Hymenoptera; Lepidoptera; Noctuidae; Parasitoid; Sublethal effects

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; DIET; HOST-PARASITOID INTERACTION; LONGEVITY; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SEROVAR BERLINER; BRACONIDAE; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; HELICOVERPA ARMIGERA; HELICOVERPA ZEA; HYMENOPTERA; LEPIDOPTERA; MICROPLITIS; MICROPLITIS MEDIATOR; NOCTUIDAE; VESPIDAE; VISCUM ALBUM;

EID: 15544364667     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1570-7458.2005.00248.x     Document Type: Article

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