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ArticleBiological control : theory and applications in pest management2016

Melinda Greenfield, María I Gómez-Jiménez, Viviana Ortiz, Fernando E Vega, Matthew Kramer, Soroush Parsa

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Article in Biological control : theory and applications in pest management, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 71 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

71 citing papers in PubMed.

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11 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Melinda GreenfieldEntomology, International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), km. 17, Recta Cali-Palmira, Colombia.
María I Gómez-JiménezEntomology, International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), km. 17, Recta Cali-Palmira, Colombia.
Viviana OrtizEntomology, International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), km. 17, Recta Cali-Palmira, Colombia.
Fernando E VegaSustainable Perennial Crops Laboratory, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Building 001, Beltsville, MD 20705, USA.
Matthew KramerStatistics Group, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville, MD 20705, USA.
Soroush ParsaEntomology, International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), km. 17, Recta Cali-Palmira, Colombia; Life Sciences Innovation Center, University of California, Davis - Chile, Andrés Bello 2299 No. 1102, Providencia, Santiago, Chile.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We investigated the fungal entomopathogens

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BeauveriaCassavaEndophyteFungal entomopathogenMetarhizium

Identifiers

PMID27103778
PMCPMC4825668

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