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different plasmid profiles, cry genotypes and crystal
proteins. Thus, it is believed that
Bt
W015
-
1 could
be used as a potential biopesticide alternative to
Btk
.
Authors’ contributions
LX, WFZ and ZML conducted all the research for this paper. YGC was
involved in collecting the diseased silkworm larvae. LX and WFZ jointly
completed the data analysis and manuscript preparatin. YZL participated
in experimental management and reviewed the manuscript. XJF
coordinated the project and was fully involved in the experimental
design, data analysis and manuscript preparation. All authors read and
approved the final manuscript.
Acknowledgements
Authors would like to thank Madam Ruying Zhao from the Jiaxing
Bureau of Agriculture in Zhejiang Province for her help in collecting the
diseased silkworm larvae. We greatly appreciate Dr. Phil Grau, Sr.
Entomologist of SynTech Research, for reading and revising the
manuscript. We also thank two anonymous reviewers for their strict
criticism on this paper. This work was initiated by the China National Bt
Collection Initiative project and partly supported by the National 863
Program of China (Project No. 2004AA2111112). Mention of trade
names or commercial products in this paper is solely for the purpose of
providing specific information and does not imply recommendation or
endorsement by authors or institutes or University involved in this study.
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