Evaluating the efficacy of Hypogeococcus sp. as a biological control agent of the cactaceous weed Cereus jamacaru in South Africa

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• Publication year

  2018

• Venue

  BioControl (Dordrecht)

• Publication date

  2018-05-07

• Fields of study

  Biology, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1007/s10526-018-9887-3
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  Semantic Scholar

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