Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry (2010) 34, 145-154

Ilyas Bozlagan, Abdurrahman Ayvaz, Fatma Öztürk, Leyla Açik, Mikail Akbulut and Semih Yilmaz (2010)
Detection of the cry1 gene in Bacillus thuringiensis isolates from agricultural fields and their bioactivity against two stored product moth larvae
Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry 34 (2), 145-154
Abstract: Sixty Bacillus spp. isolates were obtained from different agricultural fields in Kayseri province using selective media. Total DNA was isolated and analyzed by PCR using cry1 general primers. Of the 60 tested isolates, 17 carried the cry1 gene. B. thuringiensis subsp. kurstaki and all other isolates exhibited approximately 19-kb plasmid bands. In addition to the 270-bp band, the standard strain and isolate I47 yielded 180-bp PCR products. The isolates and standard strain were toxic to Ephestia kuehniella Zeller and Plodia interpunctella Hubner larvae. Insecticidal activity of isolates I36, I37, and I40 against Ephestia kuehniella was higher than that of the standard strain when 10⁶ spore-crystals mL^-1 was used. LC₉₉ values for isolates I36, I37, and I40 were 6.46, 6.28, and 6.24 for E. kuehniella, respectively, and these isolates were also effective against Plodia interpunctella larvae. LC₉₉ values for isolates I36 and I40 were 6.69 and 5.07 for P. interpunctella, respectively. The results clearly show that isolates I36, I37, and I40 were effective at lower doses, as compared to the others.
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Database assignments for author(s): Abdurrahman Ayvaz

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
biocontrol - natural enemies
Research topic(s) for beneficials or antagonists:
surveys/distribution/isolation

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Plodia interpunctella		Turkey
	Ephestia kuehniella		Turkey
Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1A-toxin (entomopathogen)	Plodia interpunctella		Turkey
Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1A-toxin (entomopathogen)	Ephestia kuehniella		Turkey