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I WRITE to invite attention to the state of applied entomology, which seems to be capable of improvement in Great Britain and in other countries. We entomologists, whose profession it is to control or destroy the insects which carry diseases of men and domestic animals, or destroy our crops, can indeed claim that we have met with a certain measure of success; but some of us feel that the success is much less than might be expected, in view of the great amount of work which is done.
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BUXTON, P. Applied Entomology. Nature 117, 623–624 (1926). https://doi.org/10.1038/117623b0
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