Manual of Biocontrol Agents Abbreviated Entry*
Active substance:
Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. kurstaki EG 2348
Nomenclature
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Targets:
- Cheimatobia spp.
- Eulia spp.
- Mamestra spp.
- Margaronia spp.
- Pieris spp.
- Acrolepiopsis assectella (leek moth)
- Agrotis ipsilon (dark sword grass, black cutworm)
- Agrotis segetum (turnip moth)
- Anarsia lineatella (peach twig borer)
- Cydia funebrana (plum fruit moth)
- Cydia molesta (oriental fruit moth)
- Helicoverpa armigera (Old World bollworm, corn earworm, cotton bollworm)
- Ostrinia nubilalis (European corn borer)
- Prays oleae (olive moth, olive kernel borer)
- 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
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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.
It contains up-to-date, accurate and comprehensive information on over 200 active substances which are commercially available in products including:
- 90+ micro-organisms
- 15+ botanicals
- 80+ macro-organisms
- 31+ semiochemicals