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Plant Introduction in Asia and Australia

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  1. “Plant Introduction and Exploration in Australia and the Indian Ocean Region,” Hartley, W., Proc. Pan Indian Ocean Sci. Cong., Perth, Aug., 1954.

  2. Quarterly List of Introductions, No. 67 (Plant Introduction Section. C.S.I.R.O., Canberra, 1961).

  3. A discussion of the technique can be found on pp. 61-2 of FAO Agric. Study No. 41, “Plant Exploration, Collection and Introduction,” by R. O. Whyte (1958).

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  6. Quarterly List of Introductions, No. 66, for the quarter ended September 30th, 1961 (see ref. 5). (Containing descriptions of part of the Philippine collection (C.P.I, numbers 29425—29532), together with descriptions of the complete collections from Thailand (C.P.I. numbers 29548 —29710), India (C.P.I. numbers 29736—29879, 30034—30072, 30081—30104, 30169—30248), Pakistan (C.P.I. numbers 29880—29938. 29939—29979), Malaya (C.P.I. numbers 29992—30033) and Ceylon (C.P.I. numbers 30106—30159).)

  7. Quarterly List of Introductions, No. 67, for the quarter ended December 31st, 1961, (see ref. 5). (Containing descriptions of the collection from Burma (C.P.I, numbers 30656—30792).)

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PARBERY, D. Plant Introduction in Asia and Australia. Nature 202, 549–551 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1038/202549a0

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