Cleome hirta essential oil as livestock tick (Rhipicephalus appendiculatus) and maize weevil (Sitophilus zeamais) repellent
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عنوان ژورنال: Fitoterapia
سال: 1999
ISSN: 0367-326X
DOI: 10.1016/s0367-326x(99)00071-4