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RESEARCH ARTICLE

Factors affecting the parasitism rate and the number and sex ratio of offspring of Asecodes hispinarum Bouček (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae), a biological control agent of Brontispa longissima (Gestro) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)

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Pages 270-278 | Received 26 May 2013, Accepted 14 Oct 2013, Published online: 18 Feb 2014

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