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Functional response of Nesidiocoris tenuis (Hemiptera: Miridae) to Trialeurodes vaporariorum (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae): effect of different host plants

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Pages 1489-1503 | Received 05 Jan 2016, Accepted 19 Jul 2016, Published online: 11 Oct 2016

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