Enhanced toxicity of Bacillus thuringiensis japonensis strain Buibui toxin to oriental beetle and northern masked chafer (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) larvae with Bacillus sp. NFD2

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 103, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1547-1554

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b Ain Shams University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Anomala orientalis; Bacillaceae; Bacillus thuringiensis japonensis; Cyclocephala borealis; Scarabaeidae

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BEETLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; BEETLES; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

ANOMALA ORIENTALIS; BACILLACEAE; BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACILLUS SP.; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SEROVAR JAPONENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COLEOPTERA; CYCLOCEPHALA BOREALIS; EXOMALA ORIENTALIS; HEXAPODA; SCARABAEIDAE; SCARABAEUS;

EID: 77957748297     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/EC10028     Document Type: Article

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