Insecticidal potential of Serratia marcescens Bn10

Biologia

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 333-336

  Sezen, Kazim ^a   Yaman, Mustafa ^a   Demirbaǧ, Zihni ^a  

^a KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Biological control; Plant pest; Serratia marcescens bnlo

Indexed keywords

EID: 18044404323     PISSN: 00063088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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