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A Study of the Potato Eelworm (Heterodera schachtii) in the Irish Free State

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2009

J. Carroll
Affiliation:
Agricultural Zoology Department, University College, Dublin.

Extract

Before dealing in detail with certain aspects of the research work on the potato eelworm which has been carried out by the present writer an account of the occurrence of the parasite in Ireland must be given.

Type
Research Papers
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1933

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