Identification and bioactivity of native strains of Bacillus thuringiensis from grain-related habitats in Turkey

Biological Control

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 21-28

  Apaydin, Özgür ^a   Çinar, Çelenk ^a   Turanli, Ferit ^b   Harsa, Şebnem ^a   Güneş, Hatice ^c  

^a IZMIR INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Turkey)

^b EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c MUGLA SITKI KOCMAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Bacillus thuringiensis; Bioactivity; cry1 genes; Ephestia kuehniella; Serotyping; Spodoptera littoralis

Indexed keywords

ANAGASTA KUEHNIELLA; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; HEXAPODA; KUEHNIELLA; LEPIDOPTERA; NOCTUIDAE; PHYCITINAE; SPODOPTERA LITTORALIS;

EID: 40249095825     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2008.01.011     Document Type: Article

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