Histopathology and ultrastructure of midgut of Alabama argillacea (Hübner) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) fed Bt-cotton

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 56, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1913-1919

  Sousa, Maria Esmeralda C ^a   Santos, Fábio A B ^b   Wanderley Teixeira, Valéria ^a   Teixeira, Álvaro A C ^a   de Siqueira, Herbert Álvaro A ^a   Alves, Luiz C ^b   Torres, Jorge B ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL RURAL DE PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bacillus thuringiensis; Bollgard; Cotton leafworm; Lepidoptera; Microscopy

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ENDOTOXIN; HEMOLYSIN; INSECTICIDAL CRYSTAL PROTEIN, BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS;

BACTERIUM; BIOPESTICIDE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COTTON; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INGESTION RATE; INSECTICIDE; LARVA; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOLOGY; MOTH; TOXIN; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COTTON; CYTOCHEMISTRY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; LARVA; LEPIDOPTERA; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; TRANSGENIC PLANT; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ENDOTOXINS; GOSSYPIUM; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LARVA; LEPIDOPTERA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED;

ALABAMA ARGILLACEA; ARTHROPODA; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; NOCTUIDAE;

EID: 77958455802     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2010.08.014     Document Type: Article

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