Unfermented coconut sap is one of the natural drinks, being traditionally tapped from unopened inflorescence of coconut palm. Unfermented coconut sap undergoes rapid fermentation after contacting with the microorganisms ...

Ecofeed is an animal feed made from food, beverage and agricultural by-products and that is expected to reduce feed processing cost, increase feed self-sufficiency in Japan and urge effective utilization of unused ...

At present, cinnamon (Cinnamomum zeylanicum) is the main processed spice export from Sri Lanka. However, the industry is facing a challenge to meet its skilled labour demand due to its special nature of processing ...

Apple scab, caused by fungal pathogen Venturia inaequalis, is a severe disease of cultivated apple (Malus × domestica Borkh.). It is the most studied plant–pathogen interaction of woody plant species using genetic, ...

Pterocarpus marsupium (Fabaceae) is a multipurpose leguminous tree, commonly called as Gammalu. The wood is useful in chest pain, body pain, indigestion and the paste of seed and wood is useful in diabetic. Its propagation ...

The search for microorganisms to improve soil fertility and crop production has continued to attract attention to offset the negative impacts of fertilizers in the environment in an eco friendly way. The objectives of ...

Adopting blanket fertilizer recommendations can cause imbalances in supply of plant nutrients. The present study was conducted in Kurunegala, Anuradapura and Polonnaruwa districts to investigate the variability of ...

Effective social integration makes undergraduate life more enjoyable and productive. Social integration into a new set-up is a challenging task for an undergraduate, irrespective of the ethnicity. The objective of the ...

More than 50% of the world's population consumes rice as the staple food while Australia produces 1.2 million tons of rice annually and feeding about 40 million people daily. Future climate change predicts increase ...

Chickens are considered as one of the most valuable domesticated animals originated from red jungle fowl and have extreme geo-morphological variation. The study reported here in was focused on comparing the shank ...