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Agriculture

Variation in susceptibility of Eucalyptus grandis and selected hybrid clones to two termite species Macrotermes bellicosus and M. subhyalinus in Uganda

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Pages 120-126 | Received 25 May 2020, Accepted 24 Jan 2021, Published online: 11 Feb 2021

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