Consists with Postgraduate Theses and Dissertations produced by the Faculty members of the University of Ruhuna.
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Community Driven Development (CDD) is a new approach invented by planners and
policy makers during the last decades in Sri Lanka. Government, non government
organizations, international non government organizations and ...
Kumarathilake, D. M. H. Champika(University of Ruhuna, 2012-04)
Cinnamomum Schaeff is one of the most important genera consisting crop wild relatives
(CWR) in Sri Lanka. Out of the nine Cinnamomum species found in Sri Lanka,
Cinnamomum verum J. Presl is an indigenous species, Cinnamomum ...
Kumara, H. W. K. S. L.(University of Ruhuna, 2016)
Rice is the staple food in Sri Lanka. New improved rice varieties are cultivated for efficient
production to meet the increasing demand in Sri Lanka. However, rice yields of new
improved varieties heavily depend on ...
Transition metal catalyzed selective C-C, C-N and C-0 bond activation reactions
are fundamentally important in organometallic chemistry and organic synthesis. Catalytic
C-C, C-N and C-0 activation are highly valuable for ...
Senevirathna, Jayan Duminda Mahesh(University of Ruhuna, 2014-03)
Spiny lobster Panulirus homarus is one of the commercially important, most abundant
crustacean species in the southern coastal belt of Sri Lanka (SCSL). Their wild populations
are declined due to over-exploitation and ...
Gunasekara, T. D. K. S. C.(University of Ruhuna, 2014-06)
The present study was undertaken to elucidate the immunomodulatory potential of five
medicinal plants which are used by traditional and Ayurveda practitioners of Sri Lanka to
treat various ailments. Ethanolic extracts ...
Anthropogenic impacts, mainly due to construction of a groyne covering part of the lagoon
mouth, on the aquatic biota of the Koggala lagoon were studied. A brackish water body
existed in the lagoon before the construction ...
Wickramasinghe, K. P.(University of Ruhuna, 2014-01)
Rice bran (RB) is a valuable feed resource for livestock feeding. Rancidity during storage and
the presence of phytate at a higher level have been identified as major reasons for giving
inferior performance and mineral ...
Pathirana, C. P. S.(University of Ruhuna, 2013-08)
T-cell is a major component in the vertebrate immune system which eradicates other
infected cells through an interaction mediated by the binding of the T -cell receptor (TC R )
to antigenic peptide derived from the ...
Wijekoon, W. M. C. D.(University of Ruhuna, 2013-12)
Fireflies (Coleoptera; Lampyridae) are one of the fascinating insect groups in Sri
Lanka. However, there is a large gap of knowledge in systematics of Sri Lankan
fireflies due to lack of studies on this largely nocturnal ...
The objective of this thesis is to construct some mathematical models for formation of
coral patterns and study these models analytically and numerically. In this thesis three
mathematical models for growth of corals in ...
Perera, Udugahapattuwage Ishara Priyadarshani(University of Ruhuna, 2012)
Rice (Oryza sativa L.) is one of the most important world's cereal crops, providing staple
food for nearly one-half of the global population. Weedy rice (Oryza sativa f spontanea) is
distributed over a wide range of rice ...
Hewavitharane, Chinthaka Anushka(University of Ruhuna, 2011-05)
The giant fresh water prawn (Macrobrachium rosenbergii) industry in Sri Lanka is currently
based on natural stock enhancement and capture fisheries. A feasibility study on the
establishment of the giant fresh water prawn ...
Madurangi, Singappuli Arachchige Pramesha(University of Ruhuna, 2012-01)
Brown planthopper (BPH) is one of the most serious rice pests in Sri Lanka. The most
effective way of BPH management is considered as host plant resistance. Hence,
continuous identification of genetic resources having ...
Priyadarshani, Nakandalage Dona Niluka(University of Ruhuna, 2011-11)
Vetiver (Vetiveria zizanioides) (Savandara) is one of the most important medicinal and
aromatic plants widely used in indigenous medicine and perfumery industry. Even after
careful harvesting, 40% of the roots remain in ...
Introduction
Organophosphates (OP) are the most frequently involved pesticides in acute poisoning. Paraquat
(PQ) poisoning has the highest case fatality.
As the mechanism of PQ toxicity includes free radical generation, ...
Kulasinghe, Wijekoon Mudiyanselage Deepika Damayanthi(University of Ruhuna, 2010-10)
Presently, the tea industry in Sri Lanka, both in plantation sector and small holdings, mainly
in the low country are facing a shortage of labour for harvesting, especially during the heavy
cropping season. Harvesting ...
In many countries, including Sri Lanka, freshwater prawn industry is mainly based on
Macrobrachium rosenbergii which is called as giant freshwater prawn. However, now there is a
growing interest in many Asian countries ...
Vidanapathirana, N. P.(University of Ruhuna, 2008)
Rice flour does not have dough making properties and hence vast amount of foreign exchange is spent on
importation of wheat for production of bread and other bakery products. Wheat flour has its unique dough
property. ...
Karunawardana, K. M. E. M.(University of Ruhuna, 2009-11)
It is generally believed that basic physical equations in general relativity, the
fundamental laws of nature should be invariant (or covariant) under general coordinate
transformations. In this research work we considered ...