Effect of Bombyx mori chitinase against Japanese pine sawyer (Monochamus alternatus) adults as a biopesticide

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 219-229

  Kabir, Khondkar Ehteshamul ^a   Sugimoto, Hiroyuki ^b   Tado, Hiroyuki ^b   Endo, Katsuhiko ^a   Yamanaka, Akira ^a   Tanaka, Shuhei ^a   Koga, Daizo ^a  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Yamaguchi Prefectural Forestry Guidance Institute   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biopesticide; Bombyx mori; Chitinase; Monochamus alternatus; Peritrophic membrane disruption

Indexed keywords

AGRONOMY; ASSAYS; ENZYMES; FLUORESCENCE; INSECT CONTROL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BIOPESTICIDE; BOMBYX MORI; CHITINASE; MONOCHAMUS ALTERNATUS; PERITROPHIC MEMBRANE DISRUPTION;

PESTICIDE EFFECTS;

CHITINASE;

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; JAPAN; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILKWORM;

AGING; ANIMALS; BEETLES; BOMBYX; CHITINASE; JAPAN; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL;

AGRONOMY; BIOCIDES; ENZYMES; FLUORESCENCE; INSECT CONTROL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BOMBYX MORI; CERAMBYCIDAE; COLEOPTERA; INSECTA; MONOCHAMUS ALTERNATUS;

EID: 31444456022     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.70.219     Document Type: Article

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