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Identification of a chitinase-producing bacterium C4 and histopathologic study on locusts.
Pest management science - 1 Feb 2005
Yong Tao, Zhangfu Long, Jing Xie, Hong Jin, Hongyan Ran, Ke Tao, Shaorong Ge, Kun Liu, Shigui Liu
Abstract excerpt
In order to develop the potential of chitinase-producing micro-organisms as biocontrol agents for insect pests, five chitinase-producing bacterial strains (C1, C2, C3, C4 and C5) previously isolated from soil samples were chosen to infect grassland locusts. The data showed that the mortality rate of locusts fed with strain C4 was significantly higher than that of other groups, and its pathogenicity was confirmed...
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