ICE NUCLEATING ACTIVE BACTERIA INCREASE INSECT MORTALITY AT HIGH SUBZERO TEMPERATURES

Authors
STRONGGUNDERSON JM LEE RE LEE MR
Citation
Jm. Stronggunderson et al., ICE NUCLEATING ACTIVE BACTERIA INCREASE INSECT MORTALITY AT HIGH SUBZERO TEMPERATURES, Cryo-letters, 15(6), 1994, pp. 385-392
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Biology Miscellaneous",Physiology
Journal title
Cryo-letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
01432044
Volume
15
Issue
6
Year of publication
1994
Pages
385 - 392
Database
ISI
SICI code
0143-2044(1994)15:6<385:INABII>2.0.ZU;2-Q
Abstract
Insect cold-hardiness was reduced following treatment with a live susp ension of P. syringae. Insects treated with 10(8) bacteria/ml water an d held for 24 hr at -5 degrees C had a mortality rate of 36% while mor tality increased to 80% at -10 degrees C. Mortality of stored grain pe sts also increased after treatment.