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Bertschy, C., Turlings, T.C.J., Bellotti, A.C. et al. Short Communication: The Role of Mealybug-Induced Cassava Plant Volatiles in the Attraction of the Encyrtid Parasitoids Aenasius vexans and Apoanagyrus diversicornis. Journal of Insect Behavior 14, 363–371 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1011123413409
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