Soil microflora as hosts of redlegged earth mite (Halotydeus destructor)

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 319-323

  Maclennan, K E ^a   McDonald, Garrick ^b   Ward, S A ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Inst for Intgd Agric Development   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HALOTYDEUS DESTRUCTOR;

EID: 0031981652     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1570-7458.1998.00295.x     Document Type: Article

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