Bacillus thuringiensis serovar israelensis is highly toxic to the coffee berry borer, Hypothenemus hampei Ferr. (Coleoptera: Scolytidae)

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 226, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 73-77

  Méndez López, Ismael ^a,b   Basurto Ríos, Regina ^b   Ibarra, Jorge E ^b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES FORESTALES   (Mexico)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Bacillus thuringiensis, israelensis; Bioassay; Coffee berry borer; Hypothenemus hampei; LC50

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOASSAY; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENT; COLEOPTERA; DOSE RESPONSE; ENTOMOPATHOGENY; INSECTICIDAL ACTIVITY; LARVA; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; SCREENING; SEROTYPE; ANIMAL; BEETLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; BIOSYNTHESIS; COFFEE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LD 50; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SEROVAR ISRAELENSIS; COLEOPTERA; HYPOTHENEMUS; HYPOTHENEMUS HAMPEI; SCOLYTINAE;

BACTERIAL TOXIN;

ANIMALS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BEETLES; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; COFFEA; LARVA; LETHAL DOSE 50; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT DISEASES;

EID: 17144460399     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(03)00557-3     Document Type: Article

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