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The Acute Oral Toxicity of Commonly Used Pesticides in Iran, to Honeybees (Apis Mellifera Meda) Cover

The Acute Oral Toxicity of Commonly Used Pesticides in Iran, to Honeybees (Apis Mellifera Meda)

Journal of Apicultural Science
Volume 59 (2015): Issue 1 (June 2015)
By: Farhang Rasuli,  Javad Nazemi Rafie and  Amin Sadeghi  
Open Access
|May 2015

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/jas-2015-0007 | Journal eISSN: 2299-4831 | Journal ISSN: 1643-4439
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Language: English
Page range: 17 - 26
Submitted on: Jun 10, 2014
Accepted on: Feb 14, 2015
Published on: May 29, 2015
Published by: Research Institute of Horticulture
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 2 issues per year
Keywords:
acute oral toxicity,
Apis mellifera meda,
LC50,
pesticide.
Related subjects:
Life sciences,
Zoology,
Life sciences, other

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