Genomics of Entomopathogenic Fungi

The Ecological Genomics of Fungi

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 243-260

  Wang, Chengshu ^a   Leger, Raymond J S ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY   (China)

^b University of Maryland   (United States)

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EID: 85017033732     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118735893.ch11     Document Type: Chapter

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