Long-term survival of bacillus thuringiensis subsp. kurstaki in a field trial

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 34-38

  Hendriksen, Niels Bohse ^a   Carstensen, Jacob ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bacillus anthracis; Biological control; Fate; Microbial pest control agent; Spore survival

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; BACTERIUM; BIOCONTROL AGENT; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; CROP PEST; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FALLOW; GERMINATION; GROWTH RATE; LEAFY VEGETABLE; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SPORE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; CABBAGE; DEATH; FALLOW; FIELD STUDY; GERMINATION; HOST; LONG TERM SURVIVAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELATIVE DENSITY; SOIL; SOIL TEMPERATURE; WATER CONTENT;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; WATER;

EID: 84873584345     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: 14803275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjm-2012-0380     Document Type: Article

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