An exploratory insect survey of tropical soda apple in Brazil and Paraguay

Florida Entomologist

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 70-73

  Medal, J C ^a   Charudattan, R ^a   Mullahey, J J ^b   Pitelli, R A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MALUS X DOMESTICA; SOLANACEAE; SOLANUM VIARUM;

EID: 0009648916     PISSN: 00154040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3495757     Document Type: Article

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