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Whitefly secrets to success: how to become one of the world's top invasive species
11-08-2007 · EurekAlert!A population of the whitefly Bemisia tabaci has become one of the world's worst invasive species -- devastating many crops in China and elsewhere in the process -- through mating behaviors that help it invade the territory of native whitefly populations, according to a new study conducted in China and Australia.
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