Use of predatory mirids for control of the tomato borer Tuta absoluta (Meyrick) in Sardinian greenhouse tomatoes

EPPO Bulletin

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 255-259

  Nannini, M ^a   Atzori, F ^a   Murgia, G ^a   Pisci, R ^a   Sanna, F ^a  

^a AGRIS Sardegna DIRVE   (Italy)

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EID: 84864949952     PISSN: 02508052     EISSN: 13652338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/epp.2563     Document Type: Article

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