Beetle-specific Bacillus thuringiensis Cry3Aa toxin reduces larval growth and curbs reproduction in Spodoptera littoralis (Boisd.)

Pest Management Science

Volumn 61, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1186-1192

  Hussein, Hany M ^a,b   Habuštová, Oxana ^a   Sehnal, František ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ENTOMOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Bacillus thuringiensis; Bt applications; Cry3Aa action; Genetically modified crops; Integrated crop protection; Spodoptera littoralis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; ENDOTOXIN; HEMOLYSIN; INSECTICIDAL CRYSTAL PROTEIN, BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; INSECTICIDE;

BEETLE; GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISM; INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMAL; ARMYWORM; ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; DRUG EFFECT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; PARASITOLOGY; POTATO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ANIMALS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; ENDOTOXINS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; INSECTICIDES; LARVA; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; SPODOPTERA;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SEROVAR TENEBRIONIS; COLEOPTERA; LEPTINOTARSA DECEMLINEATA; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; SPODOPTERA LITTORALIS; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 27744601002     PISSN: 1526498X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ps.1112     Document Type: Article

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