From discovery to use: Traversing the world of commercializing biocontrol agents for plant disease control

Plant Disease

Volumn 83, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 972-983

  Mathre, D E ^a   Cook, R J ^b   Callan, N W ^c,d  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; PLANT DISEASE CONTROL;

EID: 0032694954     PISSN: 01912917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/PDIS.1999.83.11.972     Document Type: Review

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