Claim · #6495940
Bacillus thuringiensis · biocontrol · Lepidoptera (order)
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
preysOn GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt)”
- Source
- Organic Integrated Pest Management for Some Agricultural Pests
- Authors
- Baier A., Dufour R., Guerena M., Van Epen K.
- Year
- 2004
- Publication
- NCAT/ATTRA
- Page
- 7
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Bt is the canonical microbial insecticide for lepidopteran larvae; mechanism correctly described.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“Bacillus thuringiensis Cry-toxin lethality to lepidopteran larvae is textbook biocontrol.”
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