Credibility of an IPM approach for locust and grasshopper control: The australian example

Journal of Orthoptera Research

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 133-137

  Hunter, David M ^a  

^a NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

grasshoppers; locusts; Metarhizium; microbial control; mycopesticides

Indexed keywords

FUNGI; METARHIZIUM; ORTHOPTERA;

EID: 77955379521     PISSN: 10826467     EISSN: 19372426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1665/034.019.0108     Document Type: Article

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