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Methodology to Test Control Agents and Insecticides Against the Coffee Berry Borer Hypothenemus hampei
Published on: March 23, 2022
Cry1B and Cry3A are active against Hypothenemus hampei Ferrari (Coleoptera: Scolytidae)
Silvio Alejandro López-Pazos1, Jorge Eduardo Cortázar Gómez, Jairo Alonso Cerón Salamanca
1Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Santafé de Bogotá DC, Colombia.
Journal of Invertebrate Pathology
|May 26, 2009
Abstract:
Cry1B and Cry3 proteins from Bacillus thuringiensis are toxic to beetles such as the colorado potato beetle and the cottonwood leaf beetle. We report the development of a suitable rearing, bioassay method and the toxicity of these Cry proteins to coffee berry borer first instar larvae.
