Entomopathonic fungi and the genomics era

Insect Pathogens: Molecular Approaches and Techniques

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 365-400

  St Leger, R J ^a   Wang, C ^b  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY   (China)

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