Molluscicides of Plant Origin

Biological Agriculture and Horticulture

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 205-252

  Singh, Ajay ^a   Singh, D K ^a   Agarwal, R A ^a   Misra, T N ^b  

^a Department of Zoology ^*  (India)

^b D D U GORAKHPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

SNAILS;

ANIMALIA; GASTROPODA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; STYLOMMATOPHORA; TREMATODA;

EID: 0030319939     PISSN: 01448765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01448765.1996.9754782     Document Type: Article

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