Gut pH and amylase and protease activity in larvae of the New Zealand grass grub (Costelytra zealandica; Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) as a basis for selecting inhibitors
- 1 January 1996
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier in Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Vol. 26 (1) , 69-75
- https://doi.org/10.1016/0965-1748(95)00064-x
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