Synergistic effect of entomopathogenic bacteria (Xenorhabdus sp. and Photorhabdus temperata ssp. temperata) on the pathogenicity of Bacillus thuringiensis ssp. aizawai against Spodoptera exigua (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1584-1589

  Jung, Seongchae ^a,b   Kim, Yonggyun ^a  

^a Andong National University   (South Korea)

^b Green AgroTech Inc   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bacillus thuringiensis; Entomopathogenic nematode; Photorhabdus temperata subsp. Temperata; Septicemia; Spodoptera exigua

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; DISEASE; ENTOMOPATHOGENIC ORGANISM; LARVA; MOTH; NEMATODE; PATHOGENICITY; SYMBIOSIS;

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SEROVAR AIZAWAI; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HETERORHABDITIS MEGIDIS; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; NEMATODA; NOCTUIDAE; PHOTORHABDUS; PHOTORHABDUS TEMPERATA; SPODOPTERA EXIGUA; STEINERNEMA MONTICOLUM; XENORHABDUS; XENORHABDUS SP.;

EID: 34249087753     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X(2006)35[1584:SEOEBX]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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