Natural and genetically modified baculoviruses: Environmentally friendly pest control or an ecological threat?

Outlook on Agriculture

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 171-178

  Hails, Rosemary ^a  

^a NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

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HEXAPODA; INSECTA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0035457872     PISSN: 00307270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5367/000000001101293625     Document Type: Article

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