LC and LD50 values of bacillus thuringiensis serovar japonensis strain buibui toxin to oriental beetle and northern masked chafer larvae (coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 102, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1891-1895

  Mashtoly, Tamer A ^a   El Zemaity, Mohamed El Said ^a   Hussien, Mohamed I ^a   Alm, Steven R ^b  

^a Ain Shams University   (Egypt)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacillus thuringiensis serovar japonensis; Northern masked chafer; Oriental beetle; Scarabaeidae

Indexed keywords

ANOMALA ORIENTALIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SEROVAR JAPONENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COLEOPTERA; CYCLOCEPHALA BOREALIS; EXOMALA ORIENTALIS; MELOLONTHINAE; SCARABAEIDAE; SCARABAEUS;

BACTERIAL TOXIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BEETLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; LARVA; LD 50; LEPIDOPTERA; MICROBIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BEETLES; LARVA; LETHAL DOSE 50; MANDUCA; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 73949140514     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/029.102.0520     Document Type: Article

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