Laboratory evaluation of shellac as ultraviolet screen for the Bacillus thuringiensis var. entomocidus against Spodoptera littoralis larvae

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Volumn 71, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 132-134

  Ragaei, M ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

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