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BULLETIN No. 118 of the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, recently issued, records the incidence of the more important crop pests for the years 1935–37. The information upon which it is based has been supplied in the main by the advisory entomologists and other reporters. It appears that numerous foreign insects were intercepted by the Ministry's inspectors during their examination of imported plants and others were sent in by the general public. The great majority of these aliens were unlikely to prove either injurious or to establish themselves in Great Britain. A few, however, were of a different category and need brief reference.
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IMMS, A. Insect Pests of Crops in England and Wales. Nature 145, 359 (1940). https://doi.org/10.1038/145359a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/145359a0