Evaluation of dicotyledonous herbaceous plants as hosts of Myndus crudus (Homoptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Cixiidae)

Plantations, Recherche, Developpement

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 95-99

  Howard, F W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

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GROUND COVER; INSECT; LARVA; PEST CONTROL;

EID: 0032697610     PISSN: 12547670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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