Bacillus thuringensis - Quercus suber- Sardinia

[Cris Guppy or Aud Fischer]

I sent some references to Giovanni privately, but given Neil's response I
thought I would repeat publicly and add more. Neil is correct that there has
been little research, but there are a few published papers.
 
Johnson, KS; Scriber, JM*; Nitao, JK; Smitley, DR. 1995. Toxicity of
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Leong, K.L.H., M.A. Yoshimura, and H.K. Kaya. 1992. Low susceptibility of
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A summary of Bt information, weak on non-target lepidoptera: Otvos, I.S.,
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vii + 81 pp.
 
----- Original Message -----
From: "Neil Jones" <Neil at NWJONES.DEMON.CO.UK>
To: <leps-l at lists.yale.edu>
Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2001 1:30 PM
Subject: Re: Bacillus thuringensis - Quercus suber- Sardinia
 
 
> In article <93jr50$t8u$1 at lacerta.tiscalinet.it>
>            giovannimonaci at tiscalinet.it "Giovanni Monaci" writes:
>
> > I'd receive information about use of Bt kurstaki in natural forest of
> > mediterrane lands, and in particolar on Qurcus suber forests. The
effects of
> > use of Bt on natural alimentar cicles.
> > thanks
> > giovanni
>
> I don't think there is much published. I went through 125 volumes of
> abstracts a while ago looking for stuff on Bt there is very little
> on its effects on or behaviour in non-pest species.
>
> The only thing I have ever seen, apart from the recent stuff on Monarchs,
> was a short reference to Bacillus as a noticable pathogen in relation to
> the highly endangered swallowtail butterfly Papilio homerus from Jamaica.
>
> There is very little research on this pathogen's role in ecology.
> What is certain from evolutionary theory is that it that it is highly
adapted
> to be reliant on a lepidopterous hosts to survive.
>
> --
> Neil Jones- Neil at nwjones.demon.co.uk http://www.nwjones.demon.co.uk/
> "At some point I had to stand up and be counted. Who speaks for the
> butterflies?" Andrew Lees - The quotation on his memorial at Crymlyn Bog
> National Nature Reserve
>
>
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