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A method for laboratory-scale mass cultivation ofMetarhizium anisopliae

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Metarhizium anisopliae was mass cultured on tapioca chips and rice bran, supplemented with waste fish meal extract or urea, in specially designed large aluminium vessels.

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  1. Regional Station, Central Plantation Crops Research Institute, Krishnapuram P.O., Kayangulam 690 533, Kerala, India

    K. S. Mohan & G. B. Pillai

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Mohan, K.S., Pillai, G.B. A method for laboratory-scale mass cultivation ofMetarhizium anisopliae . Folia Microbiol 27, 281–283 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02877132

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