| abstract |
Disclosed and claimed is the use of Bacillus thuringiensis strains designated B.t. PS211B2, B.t. PS86A1, and B.t. PS80JJ1, and variants thereof, to control wireworms. Further, variants which retain the activity of the parent can be used to control wireworms. Still further, genes encoding δ-endotoxins can be removed from these strains using standard well-known techniques, and transferred to other host microbes or to plants. Expression of the δ-endotoxin in such hosts results in control of wireworms. |