A promising approach to an environmentally friendly pest management solution: nanocarrier-delivered dsRNA towards controlling the destructive invasive pest <i>Tuta absoluta</i>
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Nanocarrier-delivered dsRNA can be a promising environmentally friendly pest management solution.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Environmental science. Nano
سال: 2023
ISSN: ['2051-8161', '2051-8153']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/d2en01076c