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Bacillus thuringiensis: Different Targets and Interactions

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In the microbial control of pests, the entomopathogen Bacillus thuringiensis offers the best biological alternative to chemical insecticides, either alone or in combination with other methods of field control, and is also a source of genes for the genetic engineering of plants. In this work, aspects related to new targets of this bacterium are described such as: Acromyrmex spp.; Nasutitermes ehrhardt; Euschistus heros; Oryzophagus oryzae; Blatella germanica; Pyricularia grisea, Rhizoctonia solani, Fusarium oxysporum; Fusarium solani and Meloidogyne spp. Also discussed are the interactions of Bacillus thuringiensis and B. subtilis with other biological control agents: Purpureocillium lilacinus; Campoletis flavicincta; Nuclear Polyhedrosis Virus; plant extracts and essential oils from medicinal plants. Data from our research group of Microbiology and Toxicology in Agroecosystems (MToxAgro/CNPq), as well as collaborating researchers of some public and private institutions of Brazil will be presented.

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The authors thank all those who directly or indirectly participated in the elaboration of this work, contributing with data, personal communications, photographs and literature. In this context, in particular, researchers or collaborating professors and undergraduate and postgraduate students of public and private institutions in Brazil.

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    Lidia Mariana Fiuza, Jaime Vargas de Oliveira & Neiva Knaak

  2. Control_Agro_Bio Pesquisa e Defesa Agropecuária Ltda, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil, CEP.: 91230-140

    Lidia Mariana Fiuza, Diouneia Lisiane Berlitz & Neiva Knaak

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Fiuza, L.M., Berlitz, D.L., de Oliveira, J.V., Knaak, N. (2017). Bacillus thuringiensis: Different Targets and Interactions. In: Fiuza, L., Polanczyk, R., Crickmore, N. (eds) Bacillus thuringiensis and Lysinibacillus sphaericus. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-56678-8_9

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