Isolation of entomopathogenic gram positive spore forming bacteria effective against coleoptera.
Fourteen spore-forming bacterial strains were isolated and screened for entomopathogenic activity. Five displayed toxicity towards the common mealworm, Tenebrio molitor L., (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae). The majority of the isolates were obtained from insect larvae and insect rich environments. The th...
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2010
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10413/1235 |