The streams collect sediment and other fine and particulate material from their watersheds and transport them downstream as fluvial material. Macro-benthos is the most important secondary producers in stream ecosystem ...

Most of the entomological surveys target only the vector mosquitoes and distribution of different species were limitedly documented. So, this study was designed to understand diversity, distribution and co-occurrence of ...

Soybean is a potential crop for expansion, which can fulfill the dietary requirements of Sri Lankan population. At present, with the government policies there is an immediate need for expanding the production to fulfill ...

Bundala National Park (BNP) is a thorny shrub forest with a total extent of 6210 ha, consist of 13 habitat types; seven terrestrial types and six wetland types. Because of its precious biodiversity, Ramsar Convention ...

Calotropis gigantea (L.) R. Br. (Asclepiadaceae) is a beneficial plant as a source of pharmaceutically active substances, commercially important fibers, etc. It plays an important role, both biologically and ecologically. ...

Weedy rice is becoming common in most rice growing areas in Sri Lanka. It is variable in almost all the vegetative and reproductive characteristics and tends to have low tillering ability, easy shattering, long awns ...

Cryptogams represent a diverse array of organisms that do not produce flowers or seeds; instead, they primarily propagate through spores. Cryptogams including algae, lichens, bryophytes, ferns and fungi, are widely distributed ...

Mangroves are the major source of blue carbon which store the atmospheric carbon (C) in soil and biomass. Sampalthivu Lagoon is a part of a complex of wetland that includes pigeon island, a well known tourist destination ...