Nallini Wickremasinghe. 1981. Rice pests and their management in Sri Lanka. International Symposium on Problems of Insect Pest Management in Developing Countries. pp. 39-43. March, 1981. Tropical Agricultural Research Center, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. Ibaraki, Japan. 162 pp.

Keywords: Damage, yield loss, chemical control, pest management, host plant resistance, sanitation, weed effect, planting method, water management, synchronous planting, constraint, brown planthopper Nilaparvata lugens, rice leaf folder Cnaphalocrocis medinalis, rice gall midge Orseolia oryzae, rice seed bug Leptocorisa oratorius, rice yellow stem borer Scirpophaga incertulas, rice caseworm Nymphula depunctalis, rice seedling maggot Atherigona exigua, rice armyworm Spodoptera mauritia, whitebacked planthopper Sogatella furcifera, rice whorl maggot Hydrellia philippinaeous