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L. G. Grimmott and G. V. B. Herford describe an experiment to test the possibility of controlling insect pests by means of radiation, in which it appeared that grain weevils (Calandra granaria) were sterilized by a radiation dose of β- and γ-rays estimated at 105 röntgens.
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Points from Foregoing Letters. Nature 144, 945 (1939). https://doi.org/10.1038/144945c0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/144945c0