ECOLOGY OF BACILLUS-THURINGIENSIS IN STORAGE MOTHS
ECOLOGY OF BACILLUS-THURINGIENSIS IN STORAGE MOTHS
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DOI:
10.1016/0022-2011(77)90210-5
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发表时间:
1977-01-01
影响因子:
3.4
通讯作者:
HURST, JA
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作者:
BURGES, HD;HURST, JA
A disease-free stock of Plodia interpunctella was produced by a continuous rearing technique. In dense populations of this stock, 104 or more spores of H serotype V B. thuringiensis applied at one point on the surface of 200 g of food were required to cause epizootics, compared with 107 or more when spread evenly over the surface. In infected populations spores contaminated the surfaces of all stages of the insect. In diseased larval cadavers there were 5.6-42.2 .times. 108 spores/g of dry insect (P. interpunctella, Ephestia cautella, Anagasta kuehniella, E. elutella and Galleria mellonella). Larvae did not cannibalize live larvae while food was present though they sometimes ate cadavers. This was the most potent means of natural spread of the disease. Occurring mainly in protected situations such as food stores, natural infections were usually light, but occasionally spectacular surface accumulations of dead larvae occurred possibly associated with stress, physiological condition of the larvae, serotype of the bacterium or behavior pattern such as migration. Natural disease probably curbed infestations in debris, but it attacked too late to prevent excessive damage to stored food. A prophylactic, even admixture of 2 .times. 109 spores/200 g of food was required for effective insect control.