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Rambutan cultivators say crops affected by pests [1]

The agriculture and plantations sectors in the country from the time of the coffee blight ravaged coffee plantations in the early 19th century have been affected by pests. The Mealy Bug or Piti Makuna is the latest that endangered the papaw cultivations in the country and spread to other crops.

Publication Date: 
25/03/2009
Shantha Seneviratne [2]
Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka) [3]
Tags:
Crop Pests [4], Food Crops [5], Sri Lanka [6]
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