Evaluation of insecticidal activity of a bacterial strain, Serratia sp. EML-SE1 against diamondback moth

Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 541-545

  Jeong, Hyung Uk ^a   Mun, Hye Yeon ^a   Oh, Hyung Keun ^a   Kim, Seung Bum ^b   Yang, Kwang Yeol ^a   Kim, Iksoo ^a   Lee, Hyang Burm ^a  

^a Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

^b Chungnam National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

diamondback moth (Plutella xylostella); insecticidal activity; Serratia sp.; storage period

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; BRASSICA; CLASSIFICATION; EVALUATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LARVA; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOTH; NOTE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; SERRATIA;

ANIMALS; BRASSICA; LARVA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOTHS; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PHYLOGENY; PLANT DISEASES; SERRATIA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA; BRASSICA RAPA SUBSP. PEKINENSIS; LEPIDOPTERA; LURIA; PLUTELLA XYLOSTELLA; PLUTELLIDAE; SERRATIA; SERRATIA SP.;

EID: 77956099930     PISSN: 12258873     EISSN: 12258873     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12275-010-0221-9     Document Type: Note

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