Increased activity of a hybrid Bt toxin against Spodoptera frugiperda larvae from a maize field in Cuba

Biotecnologia Aplicada

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 236-239

  Ayra Pardo, Camilo ^a   Rodríguez Cabrera, Lianet ^a   Fernández Parlá, Yanileysis ^a   Téllez Rodríguez, Pilar ^a  

^a CENTER FOR GENETIC ENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Cuba)

Author keywords

Bacillus thuringiensis; Bioassays; Cry endotoxins; CryAAC; Domain swapped hybrid toxins; Spodoptera frugiperda

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS TOXIN; PESTICIDE;

AGRICULTURAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUBA; HATCHING; HYBRID; LARVA; LD 50; LEPIDOPTERA; MAIZE; NONHUMAN; WILD TYPE;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; HEXAPODA; SPODOPTERA FRUGIPERDA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 33847306481     PISSN: 08644551     EISSN: 10272852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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