Screening of vip genes from a Spanish Bacillus thuringiensis collection and characterization of two Vip3 proteins highly toxic to five lepidopteran crop pests

Biological Control

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 141-149

  Palma, Leopoldo ^a,b   de Escudero, Iñigo Ruiz ^b   Maeztu, Mireya ^a   Caballero, Primitivo ^a,b   Muñoz, Delia ^b  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b PUBLIC UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bacillus thuringiensis; Insecticidal activity; Microbial control; Molecular characterization; Secreted toxin; Vip; Vip3

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879583420     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2013.05.003     Document Type: Article

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