M. Sivaji

Evaluation of Bio-insecticidal Property of Bacillus thuringiensis Strains Isolated from Western Ghats Soil

M. Sivaji & D. Girija · Microbiology Research Journal International · 2017

Morphological and cultural characterization of the native twenty isolates obtained from Western Ghats of Kerala, produced creamy white and puffy colonies. The colonies were circular or irregular and flat. Margins were either entire or undulate. Biochemical characterization of nat...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/MRJI/2017/32594

Screening and Characterization of Dipteran Specific cry Genes from Native Bacillus thuringiensis Isolates of Western Ghats, India

M. Sivaji & D. Girija · Advances in Research · 2017

Many studies have been done to control lepidopteran by the biological insecticide Bacillus thuringiensis crystal protein (Bt protein). But in the current study, we concentrated more on identification and characterization of cry genes specific to dipteran insects from twenty nativ...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/AIR/2017/32920