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IN an attempt to assess the possibility of controlling gramineaceous stem borers by systemic and seed-dressing insecticides, the following results were obtained in laboratory and field experiments with larvæ of flies of the ‘frit’ complex, Oscinella frit.
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WALKER, P. Action of Insecticides on a Stem Borer of Oats: the Frit Fly. Nature 172, 916–917 (1953). https://doi.org/10.1038/172916b0
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