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Symbiotic Association between Flies and Nematodes in Galls of Eucalyptus Trees

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GALLING of the flower buds of certain trees in Australia, notably Eucalyptus rostrata and E. hemiphloia, is sometimes so heavy that no flowers appear, and no honey harvest is reaped. The chief causes of galling are agromyzid flies of the germs Fergusonina, Malloch.

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  1. Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc., B, 218, 315 ; 1930.

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  1. Division of Entomology, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Canberra, Australia

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CURRIE, G. Symbiotic Association between Flies and Nematodes in Galls of Eucalyptus Trees. Nature 136, 263 (1935). https://doi.org/10.1038/136263b0

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