The elusive banana weevil Cosmopolites sordidus Germar

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 540, Issue , 2000, Pages 471-485

  Karamura, E B ^a   Gold, C S ^b  

^a NARO   (Uganda)

^b IITA ESARC   (Uganda)

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EID: 3042572660     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2000.540.53     Document Type: Conference Paper

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