Laboratory and field evaluations of Beauveria bassiana (Balsamo) vuillemin against grasshoppers and locusts in Africa

Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada

Volumn , Issue 171, 1997, Pages 239-251

  Delgado, F X ^a   Lobo Lima, M L ^a   Bradley, C ^a,b   Britton, J H ^a,b   Henry, J E ^a   Swearingen, W ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Mycotech Corporation   (United States)

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EID: 0003976069     PISSN: 0071075X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4039/entm129171239-1     Document Type: Review

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