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Identification and enzymatic characterisation of digestive glucosidases from gut of red palm weevil, Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Olivier, 1790) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)

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Pages 1159-1167 | Received 09 Nov 2012, Accepted 11 Nov 2012, Published online: 04 Feb 2013

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