Effects of individual Bacillus thuringiensis insecticidal crystal proteins on adult Heliothis virescens (F.) and Spodoptera exigua (Hubner) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) |
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Authors: | Mike Grove Wendy Kimble William J. McCarthy |
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Affiliation: | (1) Pesticide Research Laboratory and Graduate Study Center, Department of Entomology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, USA;(2) Present address: American Type Culture Collection, Manassas, Virgina, USA |
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Abstract: | Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) is a grampositive, spore forming bacterium, which is principally distinguishedfrom other bacilli by the production of large, insecticidal,protein crystals (Insecticidal Crystal Proteins, or ICPs). Theseproteins are usually thought to act only on the actively feedinglarvae of susceptible species by a mechanism which involvesconsumption and proteolytic processing of the protein followed bybinding to, and lysis of, midgut epithelial cells. However, few authorshave reported Bt toxicity to adult insects. In the followingpaper, we expand on previous reports of toxicity to adult insects andpresent data which demonstrate that: (1) proteolytically activated ICPssignificantly reduce the lifespans of adult Heliothis virescensand Spodoptera exigua at concentrations of 500 g/ml, butnot 167 or 25 g/ml, (2) individual activated ICPs are differentiallytoxic to adult H. virescens and S. exigua, and (3)adult S. exigua are sensitive to Cry1C protoxin at aconcentration of 1 mg/ml.Deceased |
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Keywords: | bacterial toxin insect pathogen insecticide moth Bacillus thuringiensis Heliothis virescens Spodoptera exigua |
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