INVITATION PAPER (C.P. ALEXANDER FUND): CLASSICAL BIOCONTROL OF WEEDS: ITS DEFINITION, SELECTION OF EFFECTIVE AGENTS, AND ADMINISTRATIVE–POLITICAL PROBLEMS

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  1991

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  Canadian Entomologist

• Publication date

  1991-08-01

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  DOI 10.4039/Ent123827-4
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