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Pathology

Metarhizium anisopliae, a fungal pathogen of Reticulitermes flavipes (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae)

Mujeeb H. ZoberiFaculty of Forestry, University of Toronto, Toronto, OntarioM5S 1A1, Canada
Pages 354-359 | Accepted 09 Jan 1995, Published online: 29 Aug 2018

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