Entomopathogenic Bacteria and Toxin: Utilization or Prevention?

Dear Colleagues,

In ecosystems, the relationship between insect pathogens, insects, and plants exhibits a subtle balance, making the ecosystem sustainable. However, in production practice, people have a direct view: if plants are products that people need, insect pathogenic bacteria (such as Bacillus thuringiensis) are used as insecticides to control pests; if insects are products that people need (such as resource insects), insect pathogenic bacteria are necessary to be controlled. Therefore, we need to study insect pathogens from ecological and applied perspectives. This Special Issue of Toxins mainly collects research papers and reviews on the following aspects:

1. The interaction between insect pathogenic bacteria, toxins, insects, and plants;
2. High-activity strain of Bacillus thuringiensis and new insecticidal active substances;
3. New products, new formulations, and new application technologies of Bacillus thuringiensis;
4. Non-Bt insect pathogenic bacteria toxins and their insecticidal mechanisms;
5. Resource insects, pathogenic bacteria, toxins, and insecticidal mechanisms;
6. Resource insects, pathogenic bacteria, toxins, and control techniques.

Dr. Changlong Shu
Dr. Lili Geng
Guest Editors

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• insect pathogenic bacteria
• Bacillus thuringiensis toxins
• insecticidal proteins