Application of transgenic Enterobacter cloacae with the insecticidal tcdA1B1 genes for control of Coptotermes formosanus (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) in the field

Sociobiology

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 27-38

  Zhang, Peng Bo ^a,b   Yan, Xun ^b   Qiu, Xue Hong ^b   Han, Ri Chou ^b  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Guangdong Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Bait system; Coptotermes formosanus; Insecticidal tcdA1B1 toxic gene; Termite control; Transgenic Enterobacter cloacae

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COPTOTERMES FORMOSANUS; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ISOPTERA; NEMATODA; RHINOTERMITIDAE;

EID: 77954981403     PISSN: 03616525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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