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Pheromones: will their promise in insect pest control ever be achieved?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

John A. Pickett
Affiliation:
AFRC Institute of Arable Crops Research, Rothamsted Experimental Station, Harpenden, Herts., AL5 2JQ, UK
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1991

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