Heat processing techniques are used to destroy problematic microorganisms present in the raw milk. Most of the vegetative bacterial cells are easily destroyed during the pasteurization temperature but, heat resistant ...

Awareness of three communities (rural non-Samurdhi holders, Samurdhi holders and estate Tamil] about the nutritional importance of animal source foods (ASF) and misconceptions related to them were determined. Knowledge ...

Red onion plays a vital role in the diet of Sri Lankan and is a high value cash crop of the dry and intermediate zone. Major red onion growing areas are Jaffna, Vavuniya, Mullaitivu, Trincomalee and Puttalam. This study ...

Farmer perceptions on existing agricultural policy framework in Sri Lanka were explored with a special attention to those policies related to paddy production and marketing. Data were collected from the farmers belong ...

This study was conducted to investigate the agricultural information need and the most popular sources of information of the farmers in Mahailluppallama block of the Mahaweli system-H in Anuradhapura District which comes ...

Salinity is a major environmental stress that inhibits plant growth and development. Salt affected areas in the world are also increasing year by year thus limiting the agricultural production. Salt tolerant crops are ...

Petroleum hydrocarbon contamination of aquatic environments is of great concern as it possesses adverse negative impacts on the natural environment. Bioremediation is a potential alternative in remediation of contaminated ...

Copper and Zinc are essential micronutrients but at high levels could negatively affect plant growth. Long-term and residual effects of cattle manure application were studied on forage yield and Cu and Zn concentrations ...