Suitable Food for the Mass Rearing of Wollastoniella rotunda (Heteroptera: Anthocoridae), a Predator of Thrips palmi (Thysanoptera: Thripidae)
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عنوان ژورنال: Japan Agricultural Research Quarterly: JARQ
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0021-3551,2185-8896
DOI: 10.6090/jarq.47.185