Ecology of the boll weevil in the United States cottonbelt

Southwestern Entomologist

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 356-376

  Rummel, Don R ^a   Summy, K R ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

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