Metarhizium spore surface antigens are correlated with pathogenicity

Mycological Research

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 57-62

  Rath, A C ^a,c   Guy, P L ^b,c   Webb, W R ^c  

^a EcoScience Corporation   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c Dept of Prim Indust and Fisheries ^*  (Australia)

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EID: 0030038811     PISSN: 09537562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0953-7562(96)80100-6     Document Type: Article

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