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Insect Resistance and Genetics

Invasiveness, biology, ecology, and management of the fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda

Entomologia Generalis · 2022

MMarc Kenis·GGiovanni Benelli·AAntonio Biondi·PPaul‐André Calatayud·RRoger Day·NNicolas Desneux·RRhett D. Harrison·DDarren J. Kriticos·IIvan Rwomushana·JJ. van den Berg·FFrançois Verheggen·YYongjun Zhang·LLakpo Koku Agboyi·RRégis Besmer Ahissou·MMalick N. Ba·KKongming Wu
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