Biological control by bacillus thuringiensis subsp. Israelensis

Insect Pest Management: Techniques for Environmental Protection

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 243-301

  Margalith, Yoel ^a   Ben Dov, Eitan ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

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