Increased toxicity of Bacillus thuringiensis Cry3Aa against Crioceris quatuordecimpunctata, Phaedon brassicae and Colaphellus bowringi by a Tenebrio molitor cadherin fragment

Pest Management Science

Volumn 67, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1076-1081

  Gao, Yulin ^a   Jurat Fuentes, Juan Luis ^b   Oppert, Brenda ^c   Fabrick, Jeffrey A ^d   Liu, Chenxi ^a   Gao, Jianhua ^e   Lei, Zhongren ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c GRAIN MARKETING AND PRODUCTION RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d US ARID LAND AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^e ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bacillus thuringiensis; Bt synergist; Cadherin; Coleoptera; Cry toxin

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CADHERIN; ENDOTOXIN; HEMOLYSIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; INSECT PROTEIN; INSECTICIDAL CRYSTAL PROTEIN, BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BACTERIUM; BEETLE; BIOPESTICIDE; FRAGMENTATION; INSECTICIDE; LARVA; MORTALITY; PEPTIDE; PEST CONTROL; PEST SPECIES; PROTEIN; TOXICITY; TOXIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BEETLE; BT SYNERGIST; CRY TOXIN; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; METABOLISM; TENEBRIO;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BT SYNERGIST; CADHERIN; COLEOPTERA; CRY TOXIN;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BEETLES; CADHERINS; ENDOTOXINS; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; INSECT PROTEINS; LARVA; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; TENEBRIO;

ASPARAGUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA; CHRYSOMELIDAE; COLAPHELLUS BOWRINGI; COLEOPTERA; CRIOCERIS; CRIOCERIS DUODECIMPUNCTATA; PHAEDON BRASSICAE; TENEBRIO; TENEBRIO MOLITOR; TENEBRIONIDAE;

EID: 80051921088     PISSN: 1526498X     EISSN: 15264998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ps.2149     Document Type: Article

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