Laboratory and field tests of spray-dried and granular formulations of a Bacillus thuringiensis strain with insecticidal activity against the sugarcane borer

Pest Management Science

Volumn 62, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 855-861

  Rosas García, Ninfa M ^a  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Biodegradable polymers; Bioinsecticide; Biological control; Diatraea saccharalis; Spore crystal complex

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE;

BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; CULTIVAR; ENCAPSULATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; INSECTICIDE; LARVA; MORTALITY; POLYMER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BIOASSAY; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CHEMISTRY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; MOTH; SUGARCANE;

ANIMALS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; INSECTICIDES; LARVA; MOTHS; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; SACCHARUM;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SEROVAR BERLINER; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DIATRAEA SACCHARALIS; LEPIDOPTERA; PYRALIDAE; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 33748428751     PISSN: 1526498X     EISSN: 15264998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ps.1245     Document Type: Article

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