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Steinkraus, D.C., Young, S.Y., Gouge, D.H., Leland, J.E. (2007). Microbial insecticide application and evaluation: Cotton. 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_20

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