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100			_aNugawela A
245		4	_aThe Crop loss due to wet weather and methods to overcome it
260			_bBulletin of the Rubber Research Institute of Sri Lanka _c1999
300			_a45-50
500			_aSource Year: 2000
520			_aWhen panels are wet (due to rain), tapping should not be carried out. The potential yield losses due to rain in different areas of Sri Lanka are presented. Methods to overcome lost tapping days, including the removal of moss growing on Hevea trunks around tapping panels so that panels dry more quickly, recovery tapping (daily tapping rather than tapping every other day or once every 3 days), rotation tapping (use of more tappers but this can result in tapping every day for some panels), and the use of rain guards to protect tapping panels, are discussed.
650			_aCrop loss
856			_uHOA
942			_cJS
999			_c70548 _d70548