Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Impure Cultures -- Traversing the Conceptual Terrain -- Braided Paths: The Intertwined Development of Biocontrol Research and Agro-Industry -- (Un)Intended Consequences: Commercially Produced Research Materials and the Transformation of...

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