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LABORATORY BIOASSAYS OF MIXTURES OF BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS AND CHITINASE1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

Paul G. Fast
Paul G. Fast
Affiliation:
Insect Pathology Research Institute, Canadian Forestry Service, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario P6A 5M7
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Abstract

The addition of chitinase at the rate of 1000–4000 nephelometric units/U.S. gallon to Bacillus thuringiensis insecticide for use against spruce budworm has been advocated.

Bioassays of V instar spruce budworm larvae against seven levels of Thuricide® at four levels of chitinase corresponding to 0, 22, 220, and 2200 nephelometric units/U.S. gallon were conducted by placing larvae on balsam fir foliage (Abies balsamea) dipped in appropriate dilutions of Thuricide® with chitinase. Mortality was assessed 6 days later. An additional replicated assay at a relatively massive dose of chitinase, 33,000 nephelometric units/U.S. gallon, was compared simultaneously with a 0 chitinase control. The data were homogeneous and linear by statistical standards. No effect of chitinase on LC50 or slope of the regression line was observed.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 110 , Issue 2 , 01 February 1978 , pp. 201 - 203
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1978

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