A local soil amendment, nasute termite mound, was compared with chemical fertilizer (N.PjOjKjO : 15:15:15) for its ability to improve tomato {lycopersicum esculentum L.) yield. Tomato seedlings were grown on top soil ...

Chioropiast morphology, chlorophyll dynamics and photosynthetic activity of Zinnia leaf mesophyil cells were studied during trans-differentiation into tracheary elements with the view of understanding the modification ...

Growth of tea plants raised in polybags of different sizes and on beds in the nursery was studied at Ratnapura, Sri Lanka over a period of one year. The results showed that sgrowth of tea plants increased with increasing ...

Three species of tilapia viz; Oreochromis mossambicus, Oreochromis niloticus and Tilapia rendalli, are well established 5a Sri Laaka and significant ia fresh water fishery. Introgressive hybridisation is common between ...

Eighteen maize (Zea mays L.) Lines including nine Striga asiatica tolerant inbreds and nine agronomically desirable (but not necessarily tolerant) inbreds were used in a non-reciprocal diallel cross. The selected FI hybrids ...

Nitrogen fixation potential of selected cowpea and mungbean cvs. and its effect on succeeding maize crop was studied at the seed farm of the Department of Agriculture, Bata-atha, in the low country dry zone of Sri Lanka. ...

Growing intercrops am basal stem rot affected coconut plantations reduced the incidence of the disease. Among the intercrops, banana was very effective in containing the disease. Intercropping in diseased plantations ...