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THE Department of Scientific and Industrial Research has recently published a report* dealing with the infestation of stored grain by insect pests. The survey which it describes was undertaken at the request of the grain trade and with its help and assistance towards the cost. The survey was carried out by the Department of Zoology and Applied Entomology of the Imperial College of Science under the direction of Prof. J. W. Munro. In order to maintain proper liaison with industrial concerns a Standing Conference was set up, under the chairmanship of Mr. W. McA. Gracie of the L.N.E.R. Co., to act as a consultative body. A Technical Consultative Panel, representative of many aspects of the problem, oalso established to make this knowledge available for the benefit of the investigation. Also, in order to assist the scientific workers engaged on the survey, a Grain Infestation Survey Committee was set up under the chairmanship of Sir Edwin Butler.
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IMMS, A. Grain Destruction by Insects. Nature 146, 238 (1940). https://doi.org/10.1038/146238a0
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