Plant essential oils and potassium metabisulfite as repellents for Drosophila suzukii (Diptera: Drosophilidae).
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SUBMITTER: Renkema JM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4759814 | biostudies-other | 2016 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
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