Termites as targets and models for biotechnology

Annual Review of Entomology

Volumn 60, Issue , 2015, Pages 77-102

  Scharf, Michael E ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofuels; Cellulase; Juvenoid; Lignocellulose; Primer pheromone; RNA interference

Indexed keywords

ISOPTERA;

ANIMAL; BIOMASS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; INSECT CONTROL; ISOPTERA; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ANIMALS; BIOMASS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; INSECT CONTROL; ISOPTERA;

EID: 84920836236     PISSN: 00664170     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-ento-010814-020902     Document Type: Review

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