A semi-artificial rearing system for the specialist predatory ladybird Cryptolaemus montrouzieri
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عنوان ژورنال: BioControl
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1386-6141,1573-8248
DOI: 10.1007/s10526-014-9585-8