The susceptibility to insecticides of laboratory cultures of an insect species
โ Scribed by J. M. Holborn
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1957
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 513 KB
- Volume
- 8
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0022-5142
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