Insects and mites

Alfalfa and Alfalfa Improvement

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 671-704

  Manglitz, George R ^a   Ratcliffe, Roger H ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Blister beetle; Disease control methods; Grasshoppers; Insects; Mites; Pea aphid

Indexed keywords

EID: 85103065322     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.2134/agronmonogr29.c22     Document Type: Chapter

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