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Current and Potential use of Polyphagous Predators

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Integrated Pest and Disease Management in Greenhouse Crops

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  1. Ramon Albajes
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Editors and Affiliations

  1. University of Lleida, Lleida, Spain

    R. Albajes

  2. University of Torino, Torino, Italy

    M. Lodovica Gullino

  3. University of Wageningen, Wageningen, The Netherland

    J. C. van Lenteren

  4. The Volcani Center, ARO, Bet Dagen, Israel

    Y. Elad

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Albajes, R., Alomar, Ò. (1999). Current and Potential use of Polyphagous Predators. In: Albajes, R., Lodovica Gullino, M., van Lenteren, J.C., Elad, Y. (eds) Integrated Pest and Disease Management in Greenhouse Crops. Developments in Plant Pathology, vol 14. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-47585-5_19

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