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Tuta absoluta Meyrick (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae): a new threat to tomato production in sub-Saharan Africa

AFRICAN ENTOMOLOGY (2014)

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AFRICAN ENTOMOLOGY

Volume 22, Issue 2, Pages 441-444

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ENTOMOLOGICAL SOC SOUTHERN AFRICA

DOI: 10.4001/003.022.0202

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AIRD, Programme d'Excellence pour l'Enseignement et la Recherche au Sud

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