Browsing by Author "Suwandhrathne, N.I."
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Item On farm production of green muscardine fungus to combat rhinocerose beetle(2007) Suwandhrathne, N.I.; Kumara, A.D.N.T.Item Use of polypropylene bags for mass rearing Neoseiulus baraki (Acari: Phytoseiidae), a predatory mite of Aceria guerreronis Keifer (Acari: Eriophyidae)(2014) Kumara, A.D.N.T.; Fernando, L.C.P.; Suwandhrathne, N.I.; Aratchige, N.S.An efficient, low cost and practicable mass rearing method for the predatory mite, Neoseiulus baraki Athias-Henriot (Acari: Phytoseiidae) was developed using a bag made of two-ply polypropylene (gauge 150, 24 cm × 36 cm) sheets. Introducing 20 N. baraki females into the bag produced a mean number 5218 ± 212.10 offspring in 6 weeks with a 260-fold increase of the initial population.