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Evaluation of controlled‐release chlorpyrifos for the control of sugarcane white grub Cochliotis melolonthoides (Gerst.) [Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae] in northern Tanzania

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Pages 382-385 | Published online: 21 Nov 2008

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