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Releases of Hemisarcoptes coccophagus Meyer (Acari: Hemisarcoptidae), a predator of armoured scale insects, in the South Island

J. G. Charles Horticulture and Food Research Institute of New Zealand Ltd., Mount Albert Research Centre, Private Bag 92 169, Auckland
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D. J. Allan Horticulture and Food Research Institute of New Zealand Ltd., Mount Albert Research Centre, Private Bag 92 169, Auckland
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C. H. Wearing Horticulture and Food Research Institute of New Zealand Ltd., Clyde Research Centre, 160 Earnscleugh Road, RD1, Alexandra
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G. M. Burnip Horticulture and Food Research Institute of New Zealand Ltd., Canterbury Research Centre, PO Box 51Lincoln, Lincoln
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P. W. Shaw Horticulture and Food Research Institute of New Zealand Ltd., Nelson Research Centre, PO Box 220, Motueka
Pages 93-98 | Published online: 06 Feb 2012

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