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Item Annona glabra Leaf Extract as a Dengue Mosquito Larvicide(Institute of Chemistry Ceylon, 2020-09) Wickramarachchi,S.R; Amarasinghe,L.DA. glabra is a tropical fruit tree belonging to the family Annonaceae and related to several commercially grown Annona species, including A. cheromola (cherimoya), A. muricata (soursop), A. reticulata (custard apple or bullock’s heart) and Annona squamosa (sugar apple). It is commonly known as pond apple, alligator apple swamp apple, corkwood, bobwood, and monkey apple.Item Influence of volatiles from brinjal host on the attraction of brinjal fruit and shoot borer- Leucinodes orbonalis Guenee(Institute of Chemistry Ceylon, 2019-05) Nusra,M.S.F; Paranagama,P.A; Amarasinghe,L.D; Udukala,D.NBrinjal fruit and shoot borer, Leucinodes orbonalis Guenee, is a major pest on brinjal, Solanum melongena in South and South-East Asia. Larvae cause enormous damage to brinjal pods and shoots and the population management is normally done with frequent application of insecticides.