Novel approaches for the management of mealybug pests

Biorational Control of Arthropod Pests: Application and Resistance Management

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 233-278

  Franco, José Carlos ^a,b   Zada, Anat ^c   Mendel, Zvi ^c  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE AGRONOMIA   (Portugal)

^b Universidade de Lisboa   (Portugal)

^c VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-2316-2_10     Document Type: Chapter

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