The world is confronted with a range of economic, social and environmental issues, challenging the sustainable development in the future. The greatest challenge is how to maintain global food security in line with ...

This study attempts to identify the key food quality attributes the consumers take into account as they purchase essential food items, in general, and eggs in particular, and the extent to which the provision of information ...

Shoot, dieback condition has been observed in poly bagged young-budded rubber especially under hot and dry weather conditions. This is partly attributed to the failure of the root system. Therefore, it is imperative ...

Ratoon cropping reduces the cost of sugarcane production and average cane yield. Reduction of ratoon yield is mainly due to low ratoonability (RA) of the cultivars and poor crop management conditions. A field experiment ...

The insulin-like peptide 3 (INSL3; previously known as relaxin-like factor) and testosterone are major circulating hormones secreted by Leydig cells in mammalian testes. Along with testosterone, serum INSL3 concentrations ...

The types and levels of animal source food [ASF) consumption have direct influence on human health and wellbeing. A 24-hour dietary recall study was conducted among 165, randomly selected respondents living in Galle ...

An experiment was conducted to estimate the ileal and excreta endogenous phosphorus (P) losses in broiler chickens. Three purified diets, namely a P-free diet and a gelatine-based diet containing negligible amount of ...

Salt is an essential component in the human diet Salt contains minute quantities of essential and non-essential metal elements, other than sodium and chloride. Salt requirement of Sri Lanka is almost entirely fulfilled ...

Fruit wines with considerable health benefits are produced by the alcoholic fermentation of fresh fruits or fruit juices. "Maadan" (Syzygium cumini), an underutilized seasonal fruit was used in this study to produce ...