Antibiosis to the tobacco hornworm (Manduca sexta) in wild species of Nicotiana
โ Scribed by Joseph Huesing; Davy Jones
- Book ID
- 114776536
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1988
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 612 KB
- Volume
- 47
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0013-8703
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