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Pest control in Malaysia's perennial crops: a half century perspective tracking the pathway to integrated pest management

2002-01-01

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Leaf eating insect outbreaks of unprecedented severity occurred on oil palms and cocoa in what became Malaysia, from the late 1950s to early 1960s. Growers faced two crucial questions, what to do about the attacks, and what caused them. The tropical climate generally continues suitable for phytophagous insects to realise their large increase capacity, a factor emphasised in the stable agroecosystem of perennial tr...

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DOI: 10.1023/b:ipmr.0000027501.91697.49

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