Advances and perspectives in the biological control of greenhouse pests with special reference to Colombia

Integrated Pest Management Reviews

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 99-109

  Nicholls, Clara I ^a   Parrella, Michael P ^a   Altieri, Miguel A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological control; Colombia; Greenhouse pests

Indexed keywords

EID: 2342598443     PISSN: 13535226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009695730407     Document Type: Article

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