"Based on presentations from a symposium entitled 'Biological control strategies in the phylloplane' held in conjunction with the annual meeting of the American Phytopathological Society, August 15, 1984, in Guelph, Ontario"--T.p. verso. \Bibliography: p. 131-161.

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