Establishing Bumble Bees as a Supplementary System for Honey Bees in the Pollination of Watermelon, Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.)
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عنوان ژورنال: HortScience
سال: 1996
ISSN: 0018-5345,2327-9834
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.31.4.668f