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Microbial control of insect pests of stone fruit and nut crops

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Field Manual of Techniques in Invertebrate Pathology

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The focus of this chapter is on application and evaluation of microbial control agents in stone fruit and nut crops. The key crops of interest, i.e., those of significance where entomopathogens have been or are being evaluated, include peach, plum, nectarine, cherry, almond, and pecan and pistachio. Reviews of the biology, taxonomy, origin and distribution of these crops may be found elsewhere (Rehder, 1940; Westwood, 1978; Janick and Moore, 1996; Wood, 2003).

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Shapiro-Ilan, D.I., Lacey, L.A., Siegel, J.P. (2007). Microbial control of insect pests of stone fruit and nut crops. 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_26

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