Genetics and molecular biology of the major crop pest genus helicoverpa

Molecular Biology and Genetics of the Lepidoptera

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 219-238

  Gordon, Karl ^a   Tay, Wee Tek ^a   Collinge, Derek ^b   Williams, Adam ^b   Batterham, Philip ^c  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

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DOI: 10.1201/9781420060201     Document Type: Chapter

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