Glasshouse applications

Nematodes as Biocontrol Agent

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 147-166

  Tomalak, Marek ^a   Piggott, Simon ^b   Jagdale, Ganpati B ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^b Becker Underwood   (United Kingdom)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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