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officers of the Plant Pest Control Division, USDA, and by the follow- 
ing members of my own department at Cornell: Professors H. H. 
Schwardt, R. A. Morse, A. A. Muka, T. Eisner and G. G. Gyrisco. 
I also owe thanks to many of the authors listed in the References 
section below for reprints of their papers and for other material I 
received from them. It should be understood that those who helped 
do not necessarily endorse the views here expressed. 
Work on this report was initiated by and carried out with the 
cooperation of The Conservation Foundation, of New York City. 
I gratefully acknowledge’ the aid given me by the Foundation’s staff. 
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