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Evaluation of microbial agents against rice pests

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Rice is unique among the world’s major food crops by virtue of the extent and variety of its uses and adaptability to a broad range of climatic, edaphic, and cultural conditions (Mikkelsen and Datta, 1991). It provides 20% of the per capita energy and 15% of the per capita protein for humans worldwide. Annual world rice production is approximately 460 million tons grown on more than 145 million ha. Over 90% of this area lies in Asia, while the remainder is divided among Latin America, Africa, Australia, Europe, and the USA (see Way and Bowling, 1991).

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Choo, H.Y., Rice, W.C. (2007). Evaluation of microbial agents against rice pests. 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_18

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