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Culture of the epidermis of the tobacco hornwormManduca sexta

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  1. Kenji Kiguchi

    Present address: The Sericultural Experiment Station, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Wada, Suginami-ku, Tokyo, Japan

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Riddiford, L.M., Curtis, A.T. & Kiguchi, K. Culture of the epidermis of the tobacco hornwormManduca sexta . Tca Manual 5, 975–985 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00919715

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