Bacillus thuringiensis Cry3Aa toxin increases the susceptibility of Crioceris quatuordecimpunctata to Beauveria bassiana infection

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 260-263

  Gao, Yulin ^a   Oppert, Brenda ^b   Lord, Jeffrey C ^b   Liu, Chenxi ^a   Lei, Zhongren ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

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

Author keywords

Bacillus thuringiensis; Beauveria bassiana; Crioceris quatuordecimpunctata; Cry3Aa toxin; Spotted asparagus beetle

Indexed keywords

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

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASPARAGUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BEAUVERIA; BEETLE; BIOASSAY; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; LARVA; LD 50; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROSPORIDIOSIS; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ASPARAGUS PLANT; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BEAUVERIA; BEETLES; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; ENDOTOXINS; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; INSECTICIDES; LARVA; LETHAL DOSE 50; MICROSPORIDIOSIS; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL;

ASPARAGUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SEROVAR TENEBRIONIS; CHRYSOMELIDAE; COLEOPTERA; CORDYCEPS BASSIANA; CRIOCERIS; CRIOCERIS DUODECIMPUNCTATA;

EID: 84856214925     PISSN: 00222011     EISSN: 10960805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2011.12.003     Document Type: Article

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