Manual of Biocontrol Agents Abbreviated Entry*
Active substance:
Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. kurstaki SA-12
Nomenclature
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Targets:
- Agrotis spp.
- Amorbia spp.
- Choristoneura spp.
- Crambus spp.
- Helicoverpa spp.
- Heliothis spp.
- Lithophane spp.
- Malacosoma spp.
- Manduca spp.
- Acrobasis nuxvorella (pecan nut casebearer)
- Alabama argillacea (cotton leafworm)
- Alsophila pometaria (fall cankerworm)
- Amphipyra pyramidoides (copper underwing)
- Amyelois transitella (navel orangeworm)
- Anarsia lineatella (peach twig borer)
- Anticarsia gemmatalis (velvetbean caterpillar)
- Archips argyrospila (fruit tree leafroller)
- Argyrotaenia franciscana
- Argyrotaenia velutinana (red-banded leafroller)
- Autographa californica (alfalfa looper)
- Cadra cautella (almond moth, fig moth)
- Choristoneura pinus (jack pine budworm)
- Choristoneura rosaceana (oblique-banded leafroller)
- Chrysodeixis includens (soybean looper)
- Cnephasia longana (long-winged shade)
- Colias eurytheme (orange sulphur, alfalfa butterfly, alfalfa caterpillar)
- Cydia latiferreana (filbertworm moth)
- Cydia pomonella (codling moth)
- Desmia funeralis (grape leaffolder)
- Diaphania hyalinata (melonworm)
- Diaphania nitidalis (pickleworm)
- Diatraea grandiosella (Southwestern corn borer)
- Egira curialis (citrus cutworm)
- Ennomos subsignaria (elm spanworm moth)
- Estigmene acrea (salt marsh moth, salt marsh caterpillar)
- Grapholita molesta (oriental fruit moth)
- Grapholita packardi (cherry fruitworm)
- Harrisina americana (grape leaf skeletonizer)
- Helicoverpa zea (American bollworm, corn earworm, tomato fruitworm, New World bollworm)
- Heliothis virescens (tomato budworm, tobacco budworm)
- Herpetogramma phaeopteralis (tropical sod webworm)
- Homadaula anisocentra (mimosa webworm)
- Hypena scabra (black snout, green cloverworm moth)
- Hyphantria cunea (fall webworm)
- Itame argillacearia (blueberry spanworm)
- Keiferia lycopersicella (tomato pinworm)
- Lymantria dispar (gypsy moth)
- Manduca sexta (tobacco hornworm, goliath worm)
- Mythimna unipuncta (white speck)
- Orgyia pseudotsugata (Douglas fir tussock moth)
- Orgyia vetusta (Western tussock moth)
- Orthosia hibisci (speckled green fruitworm)
- Ostrinia nubilalis (European corn borer)
- Paleacrita vernata (spring cankerworm)
- Papilio cresphontes (giant swallowtail)
- Pectinophora gossypiella (pink bollworm)
- Pelopidas thrax (pale small-branded swift, millet skipper, white-branded swift)
- Phryganidia californica (California oakworm, California oak moth)
- Pieris rapae (small white butterfly)
- Platynota flavedana (variegated leafroller, black-shaded platynota moth)
- Platynota idaeusalis (tufted apple bud moth)
- Platynota stultana (omnivorous leafroller)
- Platyptilia carduidactyla (artichoke plume moth)
- Plutella xylostella (diamondback moth)
- Proxenus mindara (rough-skinned cutworm moth)
- Pyralidae (pyralid moth, snout moth)
- Schizura concinna (red-humped caterpillar)
- Sparganothis sulfureana (sparganothis fruitworm)
- Spodoptera eridania (Southern armyworm)
- Spodoptera exigua (beet armyworm, small mottled willow)
- Spodoptera frugiperda (fall armyworm, corn leafworm, Southern grassworm)
- Spodoptera litura (cotton leafworm, Asian cotton leafworm, taro caterpillar, tobacco cutworm)
- Spodoptera ornithogalli (yellow-striped armyworm)
- Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformis (bagworm, evergreen bagworm)
- Thysanoplusia orichalcea (slender burnished brass, semilooper, golden plusia)
- Trichoplusia ni (cabbage looper, ni moth)
- Xestia c-nigrum (setaceous hebrew character, spotted cutworm)
Biogeography:
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Biological Activity
Mode of Action:
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Toxicology
Mammalian 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.
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- 31+ semiochemicals