Practicalities of developing and registering microbial biological control agents

CAB Reviews: Perspectives in Agriculture, Veterinary Science, Nutrition and Natural Resources

Volumn 2, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Kiewnick, Sebastian ^a  

^a AGROSCOPE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Biological control; Fermentation; Formulation; Production; Registration

Indexed keywords

EID: 75849125291     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17498848     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/PAVSNNR20072013     Document Type: Review

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