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Manual of Biocontrol Agents Abbreviated Entry*

Active substance:

Chromobacterium subtsugae PRAA4-1

Nomenclature

Common Names:

Targets:

  • Diabrotica spp.
  • Lygus spp.
  • Aethina tumida (small hive beetle)
  • Aphididae
    (aphid, greenfly)
  • Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Colorado potato beetle)
  • Nezara viridula (green stink bug, green vegetable bug)
  • Plutella xylostella (diamondback moth)
  • Pseudococcidae (mealybug)
  • Spodoptera exigua (beet armyworm, small mottled willow)
  • Thripidae
    (thrips)
  • Trichoplusia ni (cabbage looper, ni moth)

Crops:

Biogeography:

Isolated from soil under an eastern hemlock (... Click here to retrieve this information.

Biological Activity

Mode of Action:

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Toxicology

Environmental Fate:

It is believed that the Chromobacterium subts... Click here to retrieve this information.

Commercialisation

This is an extract from the Manual of Biocontrol Agents produced by the BCPC. The manual has been substantially revised and updated to reflect the growth and maturity of the global biocontrol industry. It contains up-to-date, accurate and comprehensive information on over 200 active substances which are commercially available in products including:
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  • 15+ botanicals
  • 80+ macro-organisms
  • 31+ semiochemicals