Ecdysteroid and free amino acid content of eggs of the Colorado potato beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata
✍ Scribed by Dale B. Gelman; M. Guadalupe Rojas; Thomas J. Kelly; Jing S. Hu; Robert A. Bell
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 197 KB
- Volume
- 44
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0739-4462
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