Antifeedant and insecticidal activity of four medicinal plants from arid regions on adults of the red flour beetle Tribolium castaneum (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae)
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Antifeedant and insecticidal activity of four medicinal plants from arid regions on adults of the red flour beetle Tribolium castaneum (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae)
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