Original Article
Host Plant-Mediated Variation in Mustard Aphid (Lipaphis erysimi Kaltenbach) Abundance among Popular Rapeseed–Mustard Cultivars in Coastal Agroecosystem
Year: 2026 | Month: June | Volume 13 | Issue 1
Abhijit Ghosal*
Madhurima Dutta
Prasenjit Kundu and Anupam Mukherjee
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