Minireview: Mode of action of meta-diamide insecticides

Toshifumi Nakao1, Shinichi Banba1

  • 1Agrochemicals Research Center, Mitsui Chemicals Agro, Inc., Mobara, Chiba 297-0017, Japan.

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