Lawn, turfgrass and pasture applications

Nematodes as Biocontrol Agent

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 115-146

  Grewal, Parwinder S ^a   Koppenhöfer, Albrecht M ^b   Choo, Ho Y ^c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Gyeongsang National University   (South Korea)

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