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mites permanently, in tune with low cost control
measures, as expected by the farmers.
Author’s Contributions
SB designed and prepared the manuscript, RBS did the
experiments, PP and SS set the reference and figures, and NR
contributed to the culturing of the mite and bioassay.
Acknowledgements
RBS is grateful to the University of Calicut for granting a
Research Fellowship. The support rendered by Sree Chitra
Tirunal Institute for Medical Science and Technology,
Poojappura, Thiruvananthapuram for obtaining the SEM
images is thankfully acknowledged. It is also acknowledged
that an Indian Patent application (No. 339/DEL/2012 dated
February 7, 2012) has been filed. This manuscript has reference
to the PhD thesis of RBS, entitled: “Dual production of
endotoxin and amylase from
Bacillus
thuringiensis
subsp.
kurstaki
by fermentation and efficacy studies of endotoxin
against eriophyid mite”. The authors declare that there exists no
conflict of interests.
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