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Lethal and Sterile Effects of X-ray Irradiation on Cigarette Beetle, Lasiodermaserricorne (F.) (Coleoptera: Anobiidae) Cover

Lethal and Sterile Effects of X-ray Irradiation on Cigarette Beetle, Lasiodermaserricorne (F.) (Coleoptera: Anobiidae)

By: T Imai,  M Onozawa,  T Takekawa and  T Shakudo  
Open Access
|Dec 2014

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Language: English
Page range: 1 - 5
Submitted on: Sep 14, 2005
Accepted on: Feb 1, 2006
Published on: Dec 30, 2014
Published by: Institut für Tabakforschung GmbH
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
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