Rodrigo, W.D.R.J.; Dahanayake, N.; Senanayake, S.G.J.N.(Faculty of Agriculture-University of Ruhuna, 2012-06-04)
Kithul (Caryota urens: Arecaceae), Cardamom (Elettaria cardamomum: Zingiberaceae) and Nutmeg
(Myristica fragrans: Myristaceae) are three species having great export potential in Sri Lanka. Due to
the hard seed coat the ...
Weerasekara, W.M.R.A.B.; Rathnayaka, R.M.U.S.K.; Saranandha, K.H.(Faculty of Agriculture-University of Ruhuna, 2012-08-01)
Tropical Almond (Kottamba) is a locally available underutilized fruits which is rich in vitamins, pigments and antioxidants. In this research, ready to serve drink (RTS) was produced using ripened Tropical Almond fruits. ...
Weerasekara, W.M.R.A.B.; Rathnayaka, R.M.U.S.K.; Saranandha, K.H.(Faculty of Agriculture-University of Ruhuna, 2012-08-01)
Tropical Almond (Kottamba) is a locally available underutilized fruits which is rich in vitamins, pigments and antioxidants. In this research, ready to serve drink (RTS) was produced using ripened Tropical Almond fruits. ...
Ranawake, A.L.; Nakamura, C.(Faculty of Agriculture-University of Ruhuna, 2012-06-04)
Dehydration tolerant QTLs at the seedling stage in rice (Oryza sativa L.) was studied using green shoot length as a
parameter, which was measured during the recovery period after dehydration stress. According to the ...
Karunaratne, M.M.S.C.; Karunaratne, U.K.P.R.(Faculty of Agriculture-University of Ruhuna, 2012-06-04)
The parapheromone, methyl eugenol (ME) (3, 4 dimethoxyalyl benzene), occurring in a variety of plant species, is
the most effective known lure attracting the male oriental fruit fly, Bactrocera dorsalis (Hendel). Bioassays ...
Dahanayake, N.; Madurangi, S.A.P.; Ranawake, A.L.(Faculty of Agriculture-University of Ruhuna, 2011-09-20)
The study was carried out as pot experiments using a Green Chilli variety, MI 2, and a Curry Chilli
variety, Hungarian Yellow Wax (HYW) at the research field, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ruhuna. The basal soil ...
Achoja, F.O.(Faculty of Agriculture-University of Ruhuna, 2011-04-16)
Financial injection, through credit program is expected to result in a proportional increase in saving
and investment of beneficiaries. The multiplier measures the size of the carry-through effect of credit. It
is ...
Pethiyagoda, N.A.; Olsen, S.O.(Faculty of Agriculture-University of Ruhuna, 2012-08-01)
This study focuses on how and why consumers vary, know and consider different kind of alternatives of fish in
their diet. Consideration set size of fish is considered to be affected by consumer attitude, convenience ...
Thomas, K.A.; Tijani, S.A.; Seidu, A.A.(Faculty of Agriculture-University of Ruhuna, 2011-04-17)
The study investigated journalists’ attitude towards maternal health education (MHE) broadcast on
radio in Oyo State, Nigeria. One hundred journalists were surveyed randomly from the federal, state
and privately owned ...
Ranawake, A.L.; Nakamura, C.(Faculty of Agriculture-University of Ruhuna, 2011-11-06)
Development of methodologies for the characterization of parental rice cultivars under different abiotic
stress conditions is important to exploit the genetic components of the relevant stress in populations us ing ...
Akhtar, A. S.; Agha, T. P.; Ghulam, S. M.; Imran, K.(Faculty of Agriculture-University of Ruhuna, 2011-07-16)
The purpose of this study conducted in the Sindh province of Pakistan was to assess the performance of
facilitator of agriculture extension during implementation of Farmer Field School (FFS) trainings in
2001 to 2004 ...
Koralagama, D.N.; Sandika, A.L.(Faculty of Agriculture-University of Ruhuna, 2012-02-03)
Food price inflation was one of the major crises mooted in recent past. Marginalized poor people were
hammered largely in developing countries including Sri Lanka. The awareness and preparedness for
food crisis can ...
Dahanayake, N.; Ranawake, A.L.(Faculty of Agriculture-University of Ruhuna, 2011-01-05)
A total of forty Sri Lankan traditional rice varieties (Oryza sativa L) were examined for their callus induction, growth and regeneration ability at Laboratory of Agricultural Biology, Faculty of Agriculture,
University ...
Pethiyagoda, N.A.; Amarasinghe, O.(Faculty of Agriculture-University of Ruhuna, 2011-06-28)
It is accepted globally that management of the coastal zone should be done through an integrated process. Special Area Management (SAM) is a particular form of Integrated Coastal
Zone Management (ICZM), which addresses ...
Galanihe, L.D.; Watson, G.W.(Faculty of Agriculture-University of Ruhuna, 2012-05-08)
An island-wide survey of mealybugs (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) conducted in 2008/09 helped identify
two species of Rastrococcus from Sri Lanka. R. invadens Williams was identified from samples collected
on Plumeria sp. ...
Wathugala, D.L.; Heather Knight; Marc R Knight(Faculty of Agriculture-University of Ruhuna, 2011-11-05)
Developing stress tolerant crops to cope with the rapid environmental degradation that is occurring is
an absolute requirement in order to provide enough food for growing population. One of the basic genetic engineering ...
Senanayake, S.A.; Ranaweera, K.K.D.S.; Bamunuarachchi, A.; Gunaratne, A.(Faculty of Agriculture-University of Ruhuna, 2011-03-22)
A study was carried out to determine the levels of starch, protein, crude fat, crude fibre, ash and a few
phytochemical constituents (saponins, flavanoids and alkaloids) and mineral elements (Calcium,
Magnesium, Iron, ...
Warrier, R.R.; Devika Nagalakshmi, B.; Savitha, C.; Anandalakshmi, R.; Nicodemus, A.; Singh, G.B.(Faculty of Agriculture-University of Ruhuna, 2011-09-20)
Jatropha curcas L., an exotic introduced in to India by Portuguese about 500 years ago, was assessed
for its genetic base in the country as a step to initiate breeding programmes. Genetic diversity of 56
accessions of ...
Ofuoku, A.U.(Faculty of Agriculture-University of Ruhuna, 2011-12-15)
This study was conducted in Delta State to determine the influence of extension agents’ and farmers’
communication factors on effectiveness of production technology messages. One hundred and eighty
(180) poultry farmers ...
Saha, S.R.; Islam, W.; Parween, S.(Faculty of Agriculture-University of Ruhuna, 2011-09-26)
Life history characteristics of the predator, Xylocoris flavipes reared under four regimes of RH (30, 50,
70 and 90%) on two hosts, Tribolium castaneum and T. confusum fed on three artificial diets, were
studied. There ...