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Fate and interconversion of α-, β-, γ-, and δ-HCH on gram (Cicer arietinum Linn.) plants under subtropical field conditions at Ludhiana, India

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  1. Department of Entomology, Punjab Agricultural University, 141 004, Ludhiana, India

    Param Pal Singh, Raminderjit Singh Battu, Balwinder Singh & Rajinder Lal Kalra

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Singh, P.P., Battu, R.S., Singh, B. et al. Fate and interconversion of α-, β-, γ-, and δ-HCH on gram (Cicer arietinum Linn.) plants under subtropical field conditions at Ludhiana, India. Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 50, 798–801 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00209941

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