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Research on biological control of plant diseases: present state and perspectives

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I express my deepest gratitude to all my colleagues and students for their enthusiastic collaboration in this research. The research was supported in part by Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science.

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This article is an abstract of the Presidential Address presented at the 2013 Annual Meeting of the Phytopathological Society of Japan in Gifu.

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Hyakumachi, M. Research on biological control of plant diseases: present state and perspectives. J Gen Plant Pathol 79, 435–440 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10327-013-0484-0

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