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Major Mortality Factors in the Population Dynamics of the Diamondback Moth, Plutella maculipennis (Curt.) (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

D. G. Harcourt*
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Entomology Research Institute, Research Branch Canada Department of Agriculture, Ottawa, Ontario
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