Biotechnological Approaches for Pest Management and Ecological Sustainability
- ISBN-10
- 1420088483
- ISBN-13
- 9781420088489
- Category
- Nature
- Pages
- 546
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2008-12-17
- Publisher
- CRC Press
- Author
- Hari C Sharma
Description
Due to increasing problems occurring from massive applications of pesticides, such as insect resistance to pesticides, the use of biotechnological tools to minimize losses from insect pests has become inevitable. Presenting alternative strategies for alleviating biotic stresses, Biotechnological Approaches for Pest Management and Ecological Sustain
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