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  1. Chicago Natural History Museum, USA

    John W. Thiehet

  2. Department of Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin, USA

    Glenn S. Pound

  3. Range, Management Dept., Utah State University, Logan, Utah

    S. S. Tillett & Thadis W. Box

  4. New YorK Botanical Garden, USA

    David J. Bogers, Alma W. Barksdale, Marjorie Anchel & P. P. Pirone

  5. Mexico, D. F., Mexico

    Phil Clark

  6. The University of Wisconsin, USA

    Jonathan Sauer

  7. Department of Anthropology, Feed College, USA

    David French

  8. U. S. Department of Agriculture, Crops Research Division, ABS, USA

    E. V. Abbott

  9. University of Manchester, USA

    Guy A. Thompson

  10. New Crops Research Branch, Plant Industry Station, Beltsville, Maryland

    Louis O. Williams

  11. Boyce Thompson Institute, USA

    Louis O. Williams, Lawrence J. King & G. Edward Nicholson

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Thiehet, J.W., Pound, G.S., Tillett, S.S. et al. Book reviews. Econ Bot 14, 159–170 (1960). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02860019

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