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  1. Insect Biocontrol Laboratory, USDA-ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705, USA

    Fernando E. Vega

  2. Crop Bioprotection Research Unit, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, USDA-ARS, Peoria, IL 61604, USA

    Patrick F. Dowd

  3. Yakima Agricultural Research Laboratory, USDA-ARS, Wapato, WA 98951, USA

    Lawrence A. Lacey

  4. Department of Entomology and Nematology, IACR-Rothamsted, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, AL5 2JQ, UK

    Judith K. Pell

  5. U. S. Vegetable Laboratory, USDA-ARS, Charleston, SC 29414, USA

    D. Michael Jackson

  6. Department of Entomology, OARDC, Wooster, OH 44691, USA

    Michael G. Klein

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Vega, F.E., Dowd, P.F., Lacey, L.A., Pell, J.K., Jackson, D.M., Klein, M.G. (2007). Dissemination of beneficial microbial agents by insects. In: Lacey, L.A., Kaya, H.K. (eds) Field Manual of Techniques in Invertebrate Pathology. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-5933-9_6

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