Extended plant protection by an epiphytic Pseudomonas sp. derivative carrying the cry9Aa gene from Bacillus thuringiensis galleriae against the pine processionary moth Thaumetopoea pityocampa

Biocontrol Science and Technology

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 709-715

  Alberghini, Sara ^a   Filippini, Rachele ^a   Shevelev, Alexei B ^b   Squartini, Andrea ^a   Battisti, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b STATE RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND SELECTION OF INDUSTRIAL MICROORGANISMS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Cry9Aa; Encapsulation; Foray 48B; Insect pest; LC50; Toxin

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; EPIPHYTE; GENE EXPRESSION; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; LABORATORY METHOD; LARVA; MORTALITY; MOTH; PLANT; TOXIN;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SEROVAR GALLERIAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; PINUS NIGRA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS SP.; THAUMETOPOEA PITYOCAMPA;

EID: 33747174570     PISSN: 09583157     EISSN: 13600478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09583150600699960     Document Type: Article

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