Baculovirus biopesticides: An overview

Journal of Animal and Plant Sciences

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 362-373

  Beas Catena, A ^a   Sanchez Miron A ^a   Garcia Camacho F ^a   Contreras Gomez A ^a   Molina Grima, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Baculovirus; Biopesticide; Formulation; Production; Recombinant

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899429144     PISSN: 10187081     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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