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The Role of Industrial Research and Development in Weed Control in Europe

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

E. Holmes*
Affiliation:
Chmn, British Weed Control Council, Plant Protection Ltd., Fernhurst Research Station, Nr. Haslemere, Surrey, England
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I feel greatly honoured to have been invited to cross the Atlantic to address so distinguished a gathering in the weed research and control fields.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © 1958 Weed Science Society of America 

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