Surveys for fungal pathogens of locusts and grasshoppers in Africa and the near east

Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada

Volumn , Issue 171, 1997, Pages 27-35

  Shah, P A ^a,d   Kooyman, C ^b   Paraiso A ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STANDARDS AND CONTROL   (United Kingdom)

^b Projet Surveillance des Pathogenes   (Niger)

^c INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE   (Benin)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

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EID: 0003124684     PISSN: 0071075X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4039/entm129171027-1     Document Type: Review

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