Radiation induced sterility in male potato tuber moth Phthorimaea operculella Zeller (Lep., Gelechiidae)

Journal of Applied Entomology

Volumn 121, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 411-415

  Saour, G ^a   Makee, H ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Syrian Arab Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GELECHIIDAE; LEPIDOPTERA; PHTHORIMAEA; PHTHORIMAEA OPERCULELLA; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 0030832941     PISSN: 09312048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0418.1997.tb01427.x     Document Type: Article

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