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Threat to Date Palms in Israel, Jordan and the Palestinian Authority by the Red Palm Weevil, Rhynchophorus ferrugineus

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Kehat, M. Threat to Date Palms in Israel, Jordan and the Palestinian Authority by the Red Palm Weevil, Rhynchophorus ferrugineus. Phytoparasitica 27, 241–242 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02981465

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