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| Zorzetti,Janaina; Ricietto,Ana Paula Scaramal; Fazion,Fernanda Aparecida Pires; Meneghin,Ana Maria; Neves,Pedro Manuel Oliveira Janeiro; Vilas-Boas,Laurival Antonio; Vilas-Bôas,Gislayne Trindade. |
| ABSTRACT The coffee berry borer Hypothenemus hampei Ferrari, 1876 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) is considered the most serious pest of the coffee crop and is controlled primarily with the use of chemical insecticides. An alternative to this control method is the use of the entomopathogenic bacterium, Bacillus thuringiensis Berliner, 1911. Therefore, the objective of this work was to select strains of B. thuringiensis virulent against H. hampei and characterize them by morphological and molecular methods to identify possible genes for the production of genetically modified plants. To achieve this objective, 34 strains of B. thuringiensis underwent a selective bioassay to evaluate their toxicity to H. hampei first-instar larvae. Among the strains... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Biological control; Entomopathogenic bacteria; Coffee berry borer; Cry proteins. |
| Ano: 2018 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0085-56262018000300198 |
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