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Alert sounded over rice pests

THE Ministry of Agriculture yesterday urged the main rice-growing provinces in southern and southwestern China to be on alert for two common pests, the rice plant hopper and the rice leaf roller, which have infested... ...full story at Shanghai Daily

from Shanghai Daily on Wed, May 07 2008

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