Special communication: Revised International notation for latex harvest technology

Tapping notation that was revised by Lukrnan in 1983 is revised again. Rainguarding and gaseous stimulation have been incorporated as new items. For a tappingperiod of less than a yeal: it is shown exactly fiom the starting month to the ending month. Number of tappings realized against thepossible maximum number of tapping days is shown as a fiaction. Similarly, actual number of stimulations given against the scheduled number is also shown as afiaction. Changes have been brought about in the expressions for cut length andfiequency of tapping. Use of arrows for expressing directions of tapping cuts and for change of tapping have been changed to more convenient ones. The terminology, 'exploitation technology' is changed to 'latex hawest technology'. (Resume d'auteur)