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  1. Department of Stored Product Pests, Agricultural Research Organization, The Volcani Center, 50250, Bet Dagan, Israel

    E. Shaaya

  2. Department of Stored Product Pests, Agricultural Research Organization, The Volcani Center, 50250, Bet Dagan, Israel

    A. Rafaeli

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  1. Department of Entomology, Agricultural Research Organization, The Volcani Center, 50250, Bet Dagan, Israel

    Isaac Ishaaya

  2. Department of Entomology, Agricultural Research Organization, Gilat Research Center, 85280, M.P. Negev, Israel

    A. Rami Horowitz

  3. Bayer CropScience AG, Research Insecticides Biology, Alfred-Nobel Str. 50, 40789, Monheim, Germany

    Ralf Nauen

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Shaaya, E., Rafaeli, A. (2007). Essential Oils as Biorational Insecticides–Potency and Mode of Action. In: Ishaaya, I., Horowitz, A.R., Nauen, R. (eds) Insecticides Design Using Advanced Technologies. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-46907-0_11

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