• Screening for heat tolerance in spring wheat (triticum aestivum l.) 

  Khan, A.A.; Shamsuddin, A.K.M.; Barma, N.C.D.; Alam, M.K.; Alam, M.A. (Faculty of Agriculture-University of Ruhuna, 2014-09-12)

  The present investigation was undertaken to identify the promising heat tolerant lines and to evaluate their heat stress responses. Twenty five spring wheat genotypes were studied in non-stressed (optimum sowing) and ...
• Factors influencing group viability among cassava processor groups of the root and tuber expansion programme (rtep) in Oyo state, Nigeria 

  Olajide, B.R.; Oyebode, L.A. (Faculty of Agriculture-University of Ruhuna, 2014-07-25)

  Many agricultural development interventions such as Root and Tuber Expansion Programme (RTEP) have used groups as veritable tool for accelerating contacts with project targets. However, continued existence and viability ...
• Herbicidal potential of lantana camara l. On ludwigia spp in paddy soil 

  Sudheera, M.W.R.; Attigala, L.R. (Faculty of Agriculture-University of Ruhuna, 2014-08-12)

  This study assessed herbicidal potential of Lantana (Lantana camara L.), on two commonly found paddy field weeds; Ludwigia decurrens Walt. and Ludwigia hyssopifolia (G. Don) Exell. Methodology involved a laboratory ...
• Assessment of environmental education and manpower development strategies in Kainji lake national park, Nigeria. 

  Ijeomah, H.M.; Abazi, E. (Faculty of Agriculture-University of Ruhuna, 2014-07-25)

  Irrespective of consistent environmental awareness created by different conservation institutions in Nigeria the level of environmental degradation has remained on the increase. There is therefore an urgent need to ...
• Replacement of artificial colourings of a carbonated soft drink with natural colour pigments from red-layered hibiscus. 

  Jayawardana, S.A.S.; Nawarathna, S.B.; Ranaweera, K.K.D.S. (Faculty of Agriculture-University of Ruhuna, 2014-07-24)

  A natural red colouring was developed from petals of Red-layered Hibiscus flowers, which are rich in anthocyanins, to replace artificial colourings that are being added to a carbonated soft drink. Boiling distilled water ...
• An assessment of some growth and yield indices of six varieties of watermelon (citrulus lanatus thumb) in Asaba area of Delta state, Nigeria 

  Enujeke, E.C. (Faculty of Agriculture-University of Ruhuna, 2014-06-09)

  Field experiments were conducted in 2011 and 2012 cropping seasons in the Teaching and Research Farm of Delta State University, Asaba Campus, Nigeria to assess some growth and yield indices of six varieties of watermelon ...
• Haplotype and meristic variations of oreochromis niloticus and its hybrids present in selected reservoirs in Sri Lanka. 

  Samaradivakara, S.P.; Hirimuthugoda, N.Y.; Gunawardana, R.H.A.N.M.; Illeperuma, R.J.; Fernandopulle, N.D.; De Silva, A.D.; Alexander, P.A.B.D. (Faculty of Agriculture-University of Ruhuna, 2014-06-17)

  The Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus was introduced from Africa’s to Sri Lanka in the 1970s. Since then tilapia has dominated in most of the reservoir fisheries in Sri Lanka. The genetic and meristic variation of the ...
• Effects of mycorrhizae as a substitute for inorganic fertilizer on growth and yield of tomato (lycopersicon esculentum l.) and soy bean (glycine max l.), 

  Alawathugoda, C.J.; Dahanayake, N. (Faculty of Agriculture-University of Ruhuna, 2014-06-09)

  A greenhouse experiment was conducted to determine the influence of mycorrhizae as a substitute for inorganic fertilizer on growth and yield of Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum) and Soybean (Glycine max) and soil microbial ...
• Performance of some fenugreek genotypes in subhumid subtropical red lateritic belt of eastern India 

  Kole, P.C.; Goswami, T.; Duary, B. (Faculty of Agriculture-University of Ruhuna, 2014-02-24)

  Thirty genotypes of fenugreek were grown during winter seasons of 2009-10 and 2010-11 in subhumid subtropical red lateritic belt of Eastern India. The performance of the genotypes was assessed for eight agronomic characters, ...
• Gene effects and inheritance of branching and other yield attributing characteristics in sesame (sesamum indicum l) 

  Sumathi, P.; Muralidharan, V. (Faculty of Agriculture-University of Ruhuna, 2014-03-18)

  A field experiment was conducted with five sesame genotypes, two branched, TMV 4 and TMV 5, and three monostemed / shybranched KS 990837, KS 990813 KS 9908513 and six cross combinations of branched x monostemed to ...
• Labour and weather related risks in smallholder rubber production: evidence from Kalutara district 

  Waduge, T.D.; Edirisnghe, J.C.; Fernando, A.P.S.; Herath, H.M.L.K.; Jayasinghe-Mudalige, U.K. (Faculty of Agriculture-University of Ruhuna, 2014-03-12)

  It was observed that even in the times of higher prices some smallholder rubber producers remain poor. The reason for this variation in income is thought to be risks associated with rubber production. Therefore, this study ...
• Coverage and content analysis of biotechnology and genetically modified organisms in four selected Nigerian daily newspapers 

  Olajide, B.R.; Fawole, O.P. (Faculty of Agriculture-University of Ruhuna, 2014-03-12)

  The media, especially the newspapers play a major role as sources of biotechnology information and will be useful avenues for disseminating related information. It is in view of this that this study examined coverage of ...
• Quality of cow milk plain set yoghurt as affected by ultrafiltration process 

  Narayana, N.M.N.K.; Gupta, V.K. (Faculty of Agriculture-University of Ruhuna, 2014-02-28)

  The aim of the study was to investigate the effect of ultrafiltration (UF) process on quality of cow milk plain set yoghurt. Direct UF of cow skim milk and highly concentrated UF cow skim milk retentate addition were ...
• Tomato spotted wilt virus in Sri Lanka: emerging problems of tospoviruses 

  Widana Gamage, S.M.K.; Hassani-Mehraban, A.; Peters, D. (Faculty of Agriculture-University of Ruhuna, 2014-02-19)

  Tomato spotted wilt virus (TSWV), the type species of the genus Tospovirus has long been reported infecting eco nomically important horticultural crops such as tomato, groundnut, pepper, potato and soybean, all over the ...
• Characteristics associated without crossing in a short duration improved rice (oryza sativa l) varietyat307. 

  Kumara, A.P.A.; Dahanayake, N.; Phathinayake, B.D.; Senanayake, S.G.J.N. (Faculty of Agriculture-University of Ruhuna, 2014-03-25)

  Rice is considered as self-pollinated crop but out-crossing is possible. At307 is a high yielding, 90d variety developed at the Rice Research Station, Ambalantota, Sri Lanka possessing good attributes to be recommended as ...
• Job satisfaction of agriculture graduates working under government graduate scheme 

  Sandika, A.L.; Kalansuriya, N.K. (Faculty of Agriculture-University of Ruhuna, 2014-02-06)

  This study attempted to investigate the job satisfaction of Agricultural Graduate (AG) employed under the Government Graduate Scheme using a structured pre-tested questionnaire. The aims of the study were to identify ...
• SFR6 protein of freezing tolerance in arabidopsis does not affect localization of CBF1 protein 

  Wathugala, D.L.; Heather Knight; Marc R. Knight (Faculty of Agriculture-University of Ruhuna, 2014-01-27)

  SFR6 (SENSITIVE TO FREEZING6) is one of plant mediator proteins which has been identified first with its involvement to tolerance against freezing in Arabidopsis. The freezing sensitive sfr6 mutant is lack of expression ...
• Quality of minimally processed, modified atmosphere stored bell pepper, as affected by pre-treatments 

  Ediriweera, S.; Abeywickrama, K.; Latifah, M.; Othaman, F.; Wan Hussin, R.; Tham, S. (Faculty of Agriculture-University of Ruhuna, 2014-02-06)

  Minimally processed bell pepper strips stored at 8-100C for seven days were evaluated for variation in color, in package gases, firmness, physicochemical sensory and microbiological quality. Bell pepper strips were treated ...
• Effects of dietary canistel (pouteria campechiana) fruit meal on growth performance and carcass parameters of broiler chicken 

  Atapattu, N.S.B.M.; Sanjeewani, K.G.S.; Senaratna, D. (Faculty of Agriculture-University of Ruhuna, 2014-02-06)

  Pouteria campechiana (Canistel) is an under-utilized tree fruit grown naturally in many tropical and sub-tropical regions. Objective of this study was to determine the effects of dietary Canistel fruit meal (CFM) on ...
• Effect of cow and poultry manures as basal fertilizers on marketable fruit yield of okra (abelmoschus esculentus l) 

  Viharnaa, S.; Thayamini, H.S. (Faculty of Agriculture-University of Ruhuna, 2012-09-21)

  An experiment was conducted to study the influence of cow and poultry manures on the marketable yield of okra (Abelmoschus esculentus L) on sandy regosol. The treatments included basal applications of inorganic fertilizer ...

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