Attempts to increase the prevalence and severity of infection of grasshoppers with the entomopathogen Nosema locustae canning (Microsporida: Nosematidae) by repeated field application

Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada

Volumn , Issue 171, 1997, Pages 391-400

  Johnson, Dan L ^a   Dolinski, Michael G ^b  

^a LETHBRIDGE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b ALBERTA AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT   (Canada)

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EID: 0347774102     PISSN: 0071075X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4039/entm129171391-1     Document Type: Article

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