Isolation of lepidopteran active native bacillus thuringiensis strains through PCR panning

Asia-Pacific Journal of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 61-67

  Xavier, Rathinam ^a   Nagarathinam, Pandian ^b   Krishnan, Gopala ^b   Murugan, Vadivel ^b   Jayaraman, Kunthala ^b  

^a AIMST UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

^b ANNA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Bacillus thuringiensis; Bioassay; Biopesticides; PCR

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HELICOVERPA ARMIGERA; HEXAPODA; PLUTELLA XYLOSTELLA;

EID: 65449158479     PISSN: 01287451     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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