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Mechanisms of Resistance in Conifers Against Shoot Infesting Insects

The case of the white pine weevil Pissodes strobi (Peck) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)

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Alfaro, R.I., Borden, J.H., King, J.N., Tomlin, E.S., McIntosh, R.L., Bohlmann, J. (2002). Mechanisms of Resistance in Conifers Against Shoot Infesting Insects. In: Wagner, M.R., Clancy, K.M., Lieutier, F., Paine, T.D. (eds) Mechanisms and Deployment of Resistance in Trees to Insects. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-47596-0_4

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