Gammanpila, S.L.; Yapa, N.U.(University Of Ruhuna, 2004)
A survey was carried out to ascertain information needs and information seeking behavior of the users of libraries participating in the AGRINET. A mailed questionnaire with structured and open-ended questions was used as ...
Ratnayake, C.; Weerasinghe, K.D.N.; Heng, L.K.(University Of Ruhuna, 2004)
Soil moisture measurement helps to improve the soil water management for better irrigation scheduling and growing of appropriate crops. It is of prime importance to select the right methodology for soil water monitoring. ...
Baseline data were collected on neat cattle farming systems in Pelwatte sugarcane growing areas. Sixty-two farmers were randomly selected from five settlement divisions and interviewed using a structured questionnaire. ...
A sizeable extent of Paddy lands in coastal low-lying areas in the Wet Zone of Sri Lanka are now abandoned or have become marginal due to complex and unfavorable hydrologic conditions, and the farmers in those areas have ...
Effect of exogenous ethylene application on postharvest ripening and respiratory pattern of chili (Capsicum annum Var.MI-2) harvested at different stages of maturity was examined. Chilies harvested at mature green and ...
An experiment was conducted to assess the performance of automatic pH and Eco monitoring and control system for hydroponically grown lettuce (Lactuca sativa), with the objective of creating a precisely controlled nutrient ...
Jayasinghe, C.A.; Abeysekera, M.; Hettiarachchi, M.P.(University Of Ruhuna, 2004)
Minimal processing technologies should provide sufficient shelf life to foods to allow for their distribution and to meet consumer demands for convenient andf resh like quality. This study was conducted at Postharvest ...
Ariyadasa, S.N.; Hettiarachchi, M.P.; Kumara, J.K.L. Priyantha(University Of Ruhuna, 2004)
Wilting and yellowing of leaves are major postharvest problems that reduce export quality and vase life of cut foliage species. Phoenix roebelenii has export potential as cut leaves and it shows wilting appears 3 d after ...
Swamapali, G.G.; Subasinghe, S.(University Of Ruhuna, 2004)
An experiment was conducted at the Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ruhuna mapalana, during May to September, 2004, to study the above ground - growth performance of Cinnamon as affected by three potting media (gravelly ...
Pushpamali, I.; Hettiarachchi, M.P.; Dissanayake, L.(University Of Ruhuna, 2004)
A series of field experiments were conducted at Tropical Foliage and Flower Company (Pvt) Ltd. Perawalawaththa, Badalgama during April-August, 2004 to study the effect of media sterilization and IBA on rooting of Dracaena ...
Pitadeniya, D.S.; Lakshman, P.L.N.(University Of Ruhuna, 2004)
Since 1983, export of fresh pineapple fruits to Middle East countries has considerably reduced as consignments of these fru it’s have been subjected to a physiological disorder, resulting in core breakdown and Internal ...
Walpola, B.C.; Wanniarachchi, S.D.; Liyanage, J.A.(University Of Ruhuna, 2004)
In this study, glyphosate was used to determine the effect of increasing rate of application on soil Nitrogen mineralization. The experiment comprised three glyphosate treatments (i.e. 0.3546, 3.456,and 35.46 jug/g soil) ...
Cold storage and floral preservative treatments were evaluated on post harvest quality of Kniphofia uvaria 'Flamenco 'flowers. Stems wrapped with wet newspapers stored at 4 °C showed better Post harvest performances than ...
Subasinghe, S.; Senaratne, R.; Dayatilake, G.A.(University Of Ruhuna, 2004)
A series of screening trials were conducted to identify superior genotypes of mung bean (Vignaradiata (L) Wilczek) and cowpea (Vigna unguiculata (L) Walp) with high yielding potential and growth performances, at Bata-atha ...
Sriyani, G.T. Wasantha; Laksiri, W.M.R.(University Of Ruhuna, 2004)
Over the past decade, the private sector took the lead in restructuring, downsizing, and outsourcing of the functions, which have performed previously in-house. Many organizations have outsourced information processing, ...
Kumara, P.A.P. Samantha; Ashan, Fazeela M.J.(University Of Ruhuna, 2004)
This paper presents the findings o f a part o f a previous study o f perception o f country o f origin as a quality attribute of milk powder in which influence of demographic variables o f rural and urban consumers such ...
Abeyrathne, U.; Sriyani, W.G.T.; Rathnayake, R.M.(University Of Ruhuna, 2004)
Political violence is a repetitive phenomenon in Sri Lankan universities. The Students *Councils are not independent bodies, but tend to share the political ideologies o f the mainstream political parties of the Left or ...
rt is expected that the world will fe e l an implication o f population ageing in the near future ever than before. It is also estimated that 48.2% o f the world ageing population belongs to Asian countries. Furthermore, ...
Silva, Dushmanthi K.D.; Kariyakarawana, Saman M.(University Of Ruhuna, 2004)
Over the past two decades, globalization has brought tremendous opportunities along with serious challenges to many societies around the world. This paper briefly reviews how the concept o f globalization affects the Sri ...
Present research deals with the problem o f monitoring saline soils o f Hambantota district, southern Sri Lanka, based on Remote Sensing data o f TM sensor o f Landsat 7 satellite, using ILWIS 3.2 'functions. Effectiveness ...