Bacillus thuringiensis: Applications in agriculture and insect resistance management - A review

Sustainable Agriculture

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 243-255

  Sanchis, Vincent ^a   Bourguet, Denis ^b  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Endotoxin; Bacillus thuringiensis; Biopesticide; Cry Protein; Resistance management; Transgenic plants

Indexed keywords

EID: 84900690875     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-2666-8_16     Document Type: Chapter

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