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Ravindra C Joshi1, B Vasantharaj David2, and

Rashmi Kant3

1
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Adjunct Professor of Agriculture at the University of the South Pacific, Fiji.
E-mail: [email protected] Skype: ravindra.joshi29
2
Good Laboratory Practice Consultant to Rotam Research Laboratory, China, and
Chairman, Research and Academic Board, International Institute of Biotechnology &
Toxicology (IIBAT), Tamil Nadu, India.
3
Entomologist, New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research Limited, Palmerston
North, New Zealand.

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