Effects of Bacillus thuringiensis delta-endotoxins on the pea aphid (Acyrthosiphon pisum).

Appl Environ Microbiol

Institut Cavanilles de Biodiversitat i Biologia Evolutiva, Universitat de València, 46071 Valencia, Spain.

Published: July 2009

Four Bacillus thuringiensis delta-endotoxins, Cry3A, Cry4Aa, Cry11Aa, and Cyt1Aa, were found to exhibit low to moderate toxicity on the pea aphid, Acyrthosiphon pisum, in terms both of mortality and growth rate. Cry1Ab was essentially nontoxic except at high rates. To demonstrate these effects, we had to use exhaustive buffer-based controls.

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