title: Effects of Bacillus thuringiensis delta-endotoxins on the pea aphid (Acyrthosiphon pisum).
abstract: Four Bacillus thuringiensis delta-endotoxins, Cry3A, Cry4Aa, Cry11Aa, and Cyt1Aa, were found to exhibit low to moderate toxicity on the pea aphid, Acyrthosiphon pisum, in terms both of mortality and growth rate. Cry1Ab was essentially nontoxic except at high rates. To demonstrate these effects, we had to use exhaustive buffer-based controls.
authors.affiliation: Institut Cavanilles de Biodiversitat i Biologia Evolutiva, Universitat de València, 46071 Valencia, Spain. manuel.porcar@uv.es
authors.forename: Manuel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Porcar
authors.forename: Anne-Marie
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Grenier
authors.forename: Brian
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Federici
authors.forename: Yvan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Rahbé
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001042:Aphids / Q000187:drug effects*; D001413:Bacillus thuringiensis / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D000083722:Bacillus thuringiensis Toxins; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000633:toxicity*; D004731:Endotoxins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000633:toxicity*; D006460:Hemolysin Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000633:toxicity*; D018532:Pisum sativum / Q000469:parasitology; D016019:Survival Analysis
chemical_list: D000083722:Bacillus thuringiensis Toxins; D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D004731:Endotoxins; D006460:Hemolysin Proteins; C030956:insecticidal crystal protein, Bacillus Thuringiensis