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Microbial Insecticide Application: Cotton

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Microbial insecticides have been widely tested on cotton in the USA and other countries. Application of microbial insecticides to cotton has consisted primarily of evaluating Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) and Helicoverpa zea nucleopolyhedrovirus (HzNPV) formulations. However, progress has also been made with entomopathogenic fungi, nematodes, and protozoa and these entomopathogens will also be considered in this chapter.

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Young, S.Y., Steinkraus, D.C., Gouge, D.H. (2000). Microbial Insecticide Application: Cotton. In: Lacey, L.A., Kaya, H.K. (eds) Field Manual of Techniques in Invertebrate Pathology. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-1547-8_20

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