How has the bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis helped us in controlling caterpillars of insect pests

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How has the bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis helped us in controlling caterpillars of insect pests

How has the bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis helped us in controlling caterpillars of insect pests?

Monjur Alahi

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2025-01-04 04:42

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Salim Ahmed Kawsar · Accepted Answer · 2023-02-05T15:29:48+06:00

Salim Ahmed Kawsar

Bacillus thuringiensis products are endotoxin which when ingested and released in the gut of the larvae of insect pest disrupts the insect gut lining thereby killing them.

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