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Pushpamali, I; Hettiarachchi, M.P.; Dissanayake, L.(University Of Ruhuna, 2004)
A series of field experiments were conducted at Tropical Foliage and Flower Company (Pvt) Ltd. Perawalawaththa, Badalgama during April-August, 2004 to study the effect of media sterilization and IBA on rooting of Dracaena ...
Pitadeniya, D.S.; Lakshman, PL.N.(University Of Ruhuna, 2004)
Since 1983, export of fresh pineapple fruits to Middle East countries has considerably reduced as consignments of these fru it’s have been subjected to a physiological disorder, resulting in core breakdown and Internal ...
Walpola, B.C; Wanniarachchi, S.D; Liyanage, J. A(University Of Ruhuna, 2004)
In this study, glyphosate was used to determine the effect of increasing rate of application on soil Nitrogen mineralization. The experiment comprised three glyphosate treatments (i.e. 0.3546, 3.456,and 35.46 jug/g soil) ...
Cold storage and floral preservative treatments were evaluated on post harvest quality of Kniphofia uvaria 'Flamenco 'flowers. Stems wrapped with wet newspapers stored at 4 °C showed better Post harvest performances than ...
Subasinghe, S.; Senaratne, R; Dayatilake, G. A.(University Of Ruhuna, 2004)
A series of screening trials were conducted to identify superior genotypes of mung bean (Vignaradiata (L) Wilczek) and cowpea (Vigna unguiculata (L) Walp) with high yielding potential and growth performances, at Bata-atha ...
Sriyani, .Wasantha GT; Laksiri, W.M.R.(University Of Ruhuna, 2004)
Over the past decade, the private sector took the lead in restructuring, downsizing, and outsourcing of the functions, which have performed previously in-house. Many organizations have outsourced information processing, ...
Kumara, Samantha P. A.P.; Ashan, Fazeela M.J.(University Of Ruhuna, 2004)
This paper presents the findings o f a part o f a previous study o f perception o f country o f origin as a quality attribute of milk powder in which influence of demographic variables o f rural and urban consumers such ...
Abeyrathne, Upul; Sriyani, Wasantha G.T.; Rathnayake, R.M(University Of Ruhuna, 2004)
Political violence is a repetitive phenomenon in Sri Lankan universities. The Students *Councils are not independent bodies, but tend to share the political ideologies o f the mainstream political parties of the Left or ...
rt is expected that the world will fe e l an implication o f population ageing in the near future ever than before. It is also estimated that 48.2% o f the world ageing population belongs to Asian countries. Furthermore, ...
Silva, Dushmanthi K.D.; Kariyakarawana, Saman M.(University Of Ruhuna, 2004)
Over the past two decades, globalization has brought tremendous opportunities along with serious challenges to many societies around the world. This paper briefly reviews how the concept o f globalization affects the Sri ...
Present research deals with the problem o f monitoring saline soils o f Hambantota district, southern Sri Lanka, based on Remote Sensing data o f TM sensor o f Landsat 7 satellite, using ILWIS 3.2 'functions. Effectiveness ...
This paper discusses social consequences o f the north- east conflict. It is a well-known fa c t that Sri Lanka in recent time, has become synonymous with political violence and terror. Therefore, traditions of civil society ...
Liyanarachchi, P; Chandana, P.G.(University Of ruhuna, 2004)
The objective o f this study was to assess the risk o f different flo o d scenarios fo r Ratnapura town due to flash floods and estimate the flo o d inundation areas according to the ward wise o f the town area. The data ...
This article presents a critique on the development discourse within the context o f post colonial relations between the West and the ‘Third World'. The author views the concept o f development and the notion o f 'Third ...
Nishantha Kumara, K.; Bulugahapitiya, V.P.(UNIVERSITY OF RUHUNA, 2004)
Results o f isolation and identification o f secondary metabolites present in fruits o f Memordicadioica are reported in this paper.M. dioica (Family Cucurbitaceae) is a dioecious perennial plant with tuberous roots and ...
Mallikarachchi1, M.U.; de Silva, M.P.(UNIVERSITY OF RUHUNA, 2004)
Akurala (N 06°. l l l-E 80°. 04l) reef is located approximately 90.5 km south o f Colombo. The reef forms part o f a fringe o f sandstone. It is about 35 m wide and does not slope gently from land to sea. The seaward face ...
Nuclear Polyhedrosis Virus (NPV) was isolated from larvae o f Helicoverpa armigera (Hubner), avoracious polyphagous pest attacking wide variety o f economically important crops in Sri Lanka.Effects o f this entomopathogenic ...
Dengue fever is a mosquito borne infection endemic to Sri Lanka. Its incidence is rapidly rising and 7900 cases were reported from January to July 2004. Dengue is associated with many adverse and fatal outcomes including, ...
Weerarathna, T.P.; Dissanayake, A S.(University Of Ruhuna, 2004)
Incidence o f type 2 diabetes is reaching epidemic proportions in the South Asian region1. A notable feature among subjects affected with type 2 diabetes is the presence o f features o f insulin resistance. Insulin resistance ...