Biology o f a newly recorded insect pest on dried Aerua lanata (Polpala,) a herbal tea prepared for the export market was investigated as this pest affected the quality o f the product adversely. The pest was identified ...

A research study was conducted to introduce two water saving emitters for surface and subsurface irrigation systems using low cost and freely available materials. Subsurface emitter has a special feature named textile ...

The two-phase bench scale digester system to optimize the bio gasification process was successfully fabricated. The system comprised two main reactors, namely, hydrolysis (acidification) and methanation reactors. The ...

Generally, Murashige and Skoog (MS) medium is used for in-vitro micropropagation o f Anthurium but it is very costly. Therefore the major objective o f this study was to develop a cost-effective basal medium for ...

The main objective o f this study was to find out the effect o f temperature - time (TT) combination and carbon dioxide concentration on inactivation o f thermoduric and psychrotrophic microorganisms in chilled pasteurized ...

An experiment was conducted to determine whether the adverse effects o f high rice bran (RB) levels in broiler diets could be overcome by supplementing the diets with microbial phytase. Twenty days old broiler chicks ...

The present investigation was carried out in order to assess the soil development o f a human impacted site located near Kamburupitiya in the Matara district. The site previously under cinnamon cultivation was severely ...

A survey on infestations o f root-knot nematodes, Meloidogyne spp. was conducted on seven vegetable crops, i.e., bitter-gourd, bottle-gourd, egg-plant, chili, okra, pumpkin and snake-gourd, at 13 localities representing ...

Experimentally detected N-nitrate concentration in stagnant water bodies in Mirissa agro environs (0.1096mg'1) were tested on the development o f Polypedates cruciger under simulated natural conditions provided in the ...