Toxicity of Purified Fungal Toxin Hirsutellin A to the Citrus Rust MitePhyllocoptruta oleivora(Ash.)

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 319-322

  Omoto, Celso ^a   McCoy, Clayton W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

citrus rust mite; fungal toxin; Hirsutellin A

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001203856     PISSN: 00222011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jipa.1998.4813     Document Type: Article

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