Susceptibility of four species of turfgrass-infesting scarabs (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) to Bacillus thuringiensis serovar japonensis strain Buibui

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1604-1610

  Bixby, Andrea ^a   Alm, Steven R ^a   Power, Kevin ^b   Grewal, Parwinder ^b   Swier, Stanley R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Asiatic garden beetle; Bacillus thuringiensis serovar japonensis; European chafer; Japanese beetle; Oriental beetle

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; ENDOTOXIN; HEMOLYSIN; INSECTICIDAL CRYSTAL PROTEIN, BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; INSECTICIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BEETLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; LARVA; METABOLISM; PARASITOLOGY; POACEAE; POPULATION DENSITY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BEETLES; ENDOTOXINS; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; INSECTICIDES; LARVA; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; POACEAE; POPULATION DENSITY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

AMPHIMALLON MAJALIS; ANOMALA ORIENTALIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SEROVAR JAPONENSIS; COLEOPTERA; EXOMALA ORIENTALIS; MALADERA CASTANEA; POACEAE; POPILLIA JAPONICA; SCARABAEIDAE; SCARABAEUS;

EID: 35649024237     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-0493(2007)100[1604:SOFSOT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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