Soft fruit applications

Nematodes as Biocontrol Agent

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 231-254

  Cowles, Richard S ^a   Polavarapu, Sridhar ^b   Williams, Roger N ^c   Thies, Arne ^d   Ehlers, Ralf Udo ^e  

^a IBM   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Le Columbie ^*  (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

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