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THE Commonwealth Prickly-Pear Board was instituted in 1920 to study the possibilities of the control of the prickly-pear pest in Australia by means of biological agencies. Previous investigations had established the fact that in its native home, America, prickly-pear is attacked by various insects and fungus diseases that appear to be confined to plants of the cactus family.
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DODD, A. The Campagin against Prickly-Pear in Australia: Work of the Commonwealth Prickly-Pear Board. Nature 117, 625–626 (1926). https://doi.org/10.1038/117625a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/117625a0