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Host selection behaviour by adults of legume and cereal breeding populations of Sitophilus oryzae (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2007

K.L. Dent
Affiliation:
Centre for Wildlife Assessment and Conservation, AMS Building, University of Reading, Whiteknights, PO Box 228, Reading, RG6 6AJ, UK
P.T. Earwaker
Affiliation:
Centre for Wildlife Assessment and Conservation, AMS Building, University of Reading, Whiteknights, PO Box 228, Reading, RG6 6AJ, UK
G.J. Holloway*
Affiliation:
Centre for Wildlife Assessment and Conservation, AMS Building, University of Reading, Whiteknights, PO Box 228, Reading, RG6 6AJ, UK
*
*Fax: 0118 9310180 E-mail: g.j.holloway@reading.ac.uk

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