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Virulence of the entomopathogenic fungus Lecanicillium longisporum against the greenhouse whitefly, Trialeurodes vaporariorum and its parasitoid Encarsia formosa

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Pages 251-260 | Received 31 May 2015, Accepted 04 Apr 2016, Published online: 13 May 2016

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