Sri Lankan preschool children do not consume a varied and balanced diet, which has resulted in the prevalence of malnutrition among preschool age groups for several decades. An accurate assessment of children’s diets ...

Moringa is potentially one of the planet’s most valuable plants, at least in humanitarian terms but untouched for generations. The tree is raised for food rather than forestry and it yields at least four different ...

prolonged dormancy in rice becomes a problem when seeds of previous season are to be used for immediate sowing. Total absence of dormancy is also a disadvantage as the seed will sprout on the plants in the field. Twenty ...

Weedy rice is considered as one of the most troublesome, difficult-to-manage and economically damaging weed in Sri Lanka. Weedy rice affects the growth, yield and quality of cultivated rice. However, weedy rice may contain ...

Litterfall and subsequent decomposition is a fundamental process underlying the input of nutrients to the soil in terrestrial ecosystems. The aim of this study was to investigate soil nutrients, root growth, litterfall ...

Pink oyster mushroom is known as Pleurotus salmoneostramineus. This experiment was undertaken to depict the favourable condition for mycelial growth, molecular identification and phylogenetic relationship of the selected ...

Lemongrass belongs to the family Graminae which ranks among the top ten oil bearing crops in the world essential oil market. Lemongrass oil is used for numerous purposes including pharmaceutical, cosmetic and food and ...

Udawattakele is a historic forest, spread in 104ha, located in the city of Kandy, Sri Lanka. It is rich in floral and faunal diversity and provides diverse benefits to the urban society. Increasing atmospheric temperature ...

Agriculture has widespread impacts on quantity and quality of water resources. The water footprint (WF) is a metric that quantifies the environmental impacts related to water use. Impacts of rain-fed potato production ...

Soil water repellency (SWR) is a natural phenomenon reduces the rate of wetting and retention of water in soil caused by the presence of hydrophobic coatings on soil particles. It varies non linear with the changes in ...