Why is biocontrol of common ragweed, the most allergenic weed in Eastern Europe, still only a hope?

Biological Control: A Global Perspective

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 80-91

  Kiss, Levente ^a  

^a PLANT PROTECTION INSTITUTE   (Hungary)

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