Manual of Biocontrol Agents Abbreviated Entry*
Active substance:
Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. kurstaki ABTS 351
Nomenclature
Targets:
- Anarsia lineatella (peach twig borer)
- Archips argyrospila (fruit tree leafroller)
- Archips rosanus (garden rose tortrix, filbert leafroller, European leafroller)
- Choristoneura rosaceana (oblique-banded leafroller)
- Epiphyas postvittana (light brown apple moth)
- Mamestra brassicae (cabbage moth)
- Manduca sexta (tobacco hornworm, goliath worm)
- Noctuidae (armyworm, cutworm, owlet moth, stem borers)
- Platynota stultana (omnivorous leafroller)
- Pseudaletia unipuncta (armyworm, true armyworm)
- Spodoptera exigua (beet armyworm, small mottled willow)
- Spodoptera frugiperda (fall armyworm, corn leafworm, Southern grassworm)
- Spodoptera littoralis (cotton leafworm, African cotton leafworm, Egyptian cottonworm, Mediterranean brocade)
Biogeography:
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Biological Activity
Mode of Action:
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Toxicology
Mammalian Toxicology:
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Environmental Fate:
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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.
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