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Original Articles

The Efficacy of the Essential Oils of Sri Lankan Cinnamomum zeylanicum Fruit and Micromelum minutum Leaf against Callosobruchus maculatus (F.) (Coleoptera: Bruchidae)

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Pages 75-82 | Received 01 Aug 2008, Accepted 01 Mar 2009, Published online: 09 Dec 2011

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