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Metarhizium Flavoviride: recent results in the control of locusts and grasshoppers

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Lomer, C.J., LUBILOSA project staff and collaborators. (1997). Metarhizium Flavoviride: recent results in the control of locusts and grasshoppers. In: New Strategies in Locust Control. Birkhäuser Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-9202-5_21

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