Longevity and stress tolerance of entomopathogenic nematodes

Molecular and Physiological Basis of Nematode Survival

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 157-181

  Grewal, Parwinder S ^a   Bai, Xiaodong ^a   Jagdale, Ganpati B ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

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