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Abstracts of Research Publications 1966-80 



Compiled by C. R. Parencia, Jr. (collaborator), W. P. Scott, and 



J. W. Smith, Southern Field Crop Insect Management Laboratory, 



Delta States Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, 



Southern Region, Stoneville, Miss. 



INTRODUCTION 



U.S. Department of Agriculture Miscellaneous Publications 985 and 1092 gave 

 abstracts of research publications from 1845 through 1960 and 1961 through 1965. 

 Our compilation is a continuation of that work and covers literature published 

 in the years 1966 through 1980. This publication has been prepared to serve as 

 a guide to original publications for interested researchers. 



I The following sources were consulted; Biological Abstracts, S.D.C.'s 



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i International Search Service on BIOSIS PREVIEWS, Lucille and Norman Mitlin title 



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I compilations under contract with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, 



I Agricultural Research Service, State agricultural experiment station 



I publications, U.S. Department of Agriculture publications, professional 



i journals, and Reports and Review of Applied Entomology. 



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I For accuracy, the language of the author of the abstracted publication has 



I been pr^terved wherever possible. Abstracts were prepared for some of the 



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^ publications. Author and subject indexes are included. 



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I We wish to express appreciation to the many authors who submitted copies of 



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their articles, saving much in our time and reducing our requests for copies 



from our various library sources. The authors' expressions oi encouragement 



were also appreciated and were instrumental in our keeping to the task at hand. 



We are indebted to Telecia Burton for so patiently typing the various drafts of 



^ the manuscript. 



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