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Insecticide residues in wheat grains and straw arising from their storage in premises treated with BHC and DDT under malaria control program

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

    Parm Pal Singh, Raminderjit Singh Battu & Rajinder Lal Kalra

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Singh, P.P., Battu, R.S. & Kalra, R.L. Insecticide residues in wheat grains and straw arising from their storage in premises treated with BHC and DDT under malaria control program. Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 40, 696–702 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01697517

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