Activity of a Brazilian Strain of Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis Against the Cotton Boll Weevil Anthonomus grandis Boheman (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae)

Neotropical Entomology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 62-67

  Monnerat, R ^a   Martins, E ^a   Praca L ^a   Dumas, V ^a   Berry, C ^b  

^a EMBRAPA RECURSOS GENÉTICOS E BIOTECNOLOGIA   (Brazil)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

bioinsecticide; biological control; Cry proteins

Indexed keywords

ANTHONOMUS GRANDIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SEROVAR ISRAELENSIS; COLEOPTERA; DIPTERA; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; TENEBRIONIDAE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BRAZIL; CLASSIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TENEBRIO;

ANIMALS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BRAZIL; TENEBRIO;

EID: 84864764491     PISSN: 1519566X     EISSN: 16788052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13744-011-0008-6     Document Type: Article

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