Commercialization and implementation of biocontrol

Annual Review of Phytopathology

Volumn 43, Issue , 2005, Pages 337-359

  Fravel, D R ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biocontrol plant disease; Biocontrol products; Biocontrol use; Biological control; Biopesticides

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; ECOLOGY; ECONOMICS; LEGAL ASPECT; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; REVIEW; TECHNOLOGY;

AGRICULTURE; ECOLOGY; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT DISEASES; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

EID: 24944575227     PISSN: 00664286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.phyto.43.032904.092924     Document Type: Review

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