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Dependence of Sitona lepidus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) larvae on abundance of white clover Rhizobium nodules

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2007

P.J. Gerard
P.J. Gerard*
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AgResearch Ltd, Ruakura Research Centre, Private Bag 3123, Hamilton, New Zealand
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*Fax: 64 3 838 5073 E-mail: philippa.gerard@agresearch.co.nz
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Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 91 , Issue 2 , April 2001 , pp. 149 - 152
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2001

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