Bacillus thuringiensis in caterpillars and associated materials collected from protected tropical forests in northwestern Costa Rica
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| author | César Rodríguez-Sánchez |
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| contents | Bacillus thuringiensis in caterpillars and associated materials collected from protected tropical forests in northwestern Costa Rica César Rodríguez-Sánchez Biología food plants insect guts caterpillars fecal pellets conserved wildlands Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) synthesizes crystalline inclusions that are toxic to caterpillars (Lepidoptera) and other orders of invertebrates. Materials associated with 37 caterpillars from 16 species, collected while feeding on 15 different species of host plants in dry, cloud and rain forests located in the Área de Conservación Guanacaste in northwestern Costa Rica, were examined for the presence of Bt. From a total of 101 derived samples, 25 Bt isolates were cultured: 56% from host plant leaves, 8% from caterpillar guts and 36% from caterpillar fecal pellets. Bt was isolated from at least one sample in 38% of the systems constituted by the food plant, gut and fecal pellets corresponding to a single caterpillar. Four different morphologies of crystalline inclusions were observed, with bipyramidal and irregular crystal morphologies being the most prevalent. Rev. Biol. Trop. 54(2): 265-271. Epub 2006 Jun 01. 2006 artículo científico 0034-7744 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=4499844002 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=449 Revista de Biología Tropical application/pdf Universidad de Costa Rica Revista de Biología Tropical (Costa Rica) Num.2 Vol.54 |
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| spellingShingle | Bacillus thuringiensis in caterpillars and associated materials collected from protected tropical forests in northwestern Costa Rica César Rodríguez-Sánchez Biología food plants insect guts caterpillars fecal pellets conserved wildlands Bacillus thuringiensis in caterpillars and associated materials collected from protected tropical forests in northwestern Costa Rica César Rodríguez-Sánchez Biología food plants insect guts caterpillars fecal pellets conserved wildlands Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) synthesizes crystalline inclusions that are toxic to caterpillars (Lepidoptera) and other orders of invertebrates. Materials associated with 37 caterpillars from 16 species, collected while feeding on 15 different species of host plants in dry, cloud and rain forests located in the Área de Conservación Guanacaste in northwestern Costa Rica, were examined for the presence of Bt. From a total of 101 derived samples, 25 Bt isolates were cultured: 56% from host plant leaves, 8% from caterpillar guts and 36% from caterpillar fecal pellets. Bt was isolated from at least one sample in 38% of the systems constituted by the food plant, gut and fecal pellets corresponding to a single caterpillar. Four different morphologies of crystalline inclusions were observed, with bipyramidal and irregular crystal morphologies being the most prevalent. Rev. Biol. Trop. 54(2): 265-271. Epub 2006 Jun 01. 2006 artículo científico 0034-7744 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=4499844002 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=449 Revista de Biología Tropical application/pdf Universidad de Costa Rica Revista de Biología Tropical (Costa Rica) Num.2 Vol.54 |
| title | Bacillus thuringiensis in caterpillars and associated materials collected from protected tropical forests in northwestern Costa Rica |
| topic | Biología food plants insect guts caterpillars fecal pellets conserved wildlands |
| url | https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=4499844002 |