Development of Metarhizium spp. for the control of grasshoppers and locusts

Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada

Volumn , Issue 171, 1997, Pages 265-286

  Lomer, C J ^a   Prior, C ^b,d   Kooyman, C ^c,e  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE   (Benin)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STANDARDS AND CONTROL   (United Kingdom)

^c Projet Surveillance des Pathogenes   (Niger)

^d ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY   (United Kingdom)

^e CAB International   (Kenya)

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EID: 0345213693     PISSN: 0071075X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4039/entm129171265-1     Document Type: Article

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