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searching for promising parasite species and strains, and developing their massrearing
and release techniques.
The success of IPM is also dependent on a good pest surveillance system.
The sampling method for each key pest should be clear and practical. And the
economic threshold level of each key pest should be known as it is very
important for making decisions on control treatment.
AC KNOW L E ) CI) EN'TS
The authors wish to express their sincere thanks to sugarcane IPM workers
in making this report possible. They also wish to thank Dr. H. C. Chiang for
his time and effort in reading and ni-king useful suggestions for this paper.
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