Traditional insect bioprospecting - As human food and medicine

Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 485-494

  Srivastava, S K ^a   Babu, Naresh ^a   Pandey, Hema ^a  

^a National Research Centre for Women in Agriculture Bhubaneswar   (India)

Author keywords

Entomophagy; Insect bioprospecting; Insectivory; Traditional knowledge

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649241873     PISSN: 09725938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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