Manduca sexta (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) cadherin fragments function as synergists for Cry1A and Cry1C Bacillus thuringiensis toxins against noctuid moths Helicoverpa zea, Agrotis ipsilon and Spodoptera exigua

Pest Management Science

Volumn 65, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1097-1103

  Abdullah, Mohd Amir F ^a   Moussa, Saad ^b   Taylor, Milton D ^a   Adang, Michael J ^c,d  

^a InsectiGen Inc   (United States)

^b ANIMAL PRODUCTION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Egypt)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^d University of Georgia   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacillus thuringiensis; Cadherin; Cry toxin; Synergists

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CADHERIN; ENDOTOXIN; HEMOLYSIN; INSECT PROTEIN; INSECTICIDAL CRYSTAL PROTEIN, BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; PESTICIDE;

BACTERIUM; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; MOTH; PEST SPECIES; SYNERGISM; TOXIC ORGANISM; TOXIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG POTENTIATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; LEPIDOPTERA; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOTH;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CADHERINS; DRUG SYNERGISM; ENDOTOXINS; GENE EXPRESSION; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; INSECT PROTEINS; MANDUCA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOTHS; PESTICIDE SYNERGISTS;

AGROTIS IPSILON; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SEROVAR BERLINER; HELICOVERPA ZEA; HELIOTHIS VIRESCENS; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; MANDUCA SEXTA; NOCTUIDAE; SPHINGIDAE; SPODOPTERA EXIGUA;

EID: 70349647865     PISSN: 1526498X     EISSN: 15264998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ps.1798     Document Type: Article

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