Genetic engineering of bacteria to improve efficacy using the insecticidal proteins of bacillus species

Insect Pathogens: Molecular Approaches and Techniques

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 272-305

  Park, H W ^a   Federici, B A ^b  

^a FLORIDA A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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