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Table 3 The average estimated cost of wasps Anagyrus lopezi released in the field, the average estimated income from selling cassava’s crop yields, and the average estimated (\(\mbox{income} - \mbox{cost of biological control agents}\)) at the end of planting period for each tactic

From: Investigating the use of wasps Anagyrus lopezi as a biological control agent for cassava mealybugs: modeling and simulation

Tactic

Average estimated cost of wasps Anagyrus lopezi released in the field (baht)

Average estimated income from selling cassava crop yields (baht)

Average estimated (income − cost of wasps Anagyrus lopezi) at the end of planting period (baht)

I

270

35,694.90

35,424.90

II

720

35,585.10

34,865.10

III

1440

35,630.23

34,190.25

IV

1980

35,746.88

33,766.88

V

7920

35,723.93

27,803.93

VI

15,840

35,752.63

19,912.63