• Assessment of salinity tolerance in an inbred population of rice (oryza sativa l) derived from a Japonica X Indica cross 

  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 ...
• An assessment of the perception of facilitators of cotton integrated pest management programme in Sindh province of Pakistan 

  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 ...
• Impact of food price increase on poor households in Sri Lanka 

  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 ...
• Callus induction and plantlet regeneration ability of selected Sri Lankan traditional rice cultivars (oryza sativa l.) In caryopses culture 

  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 ...
• Addressing multi-stakeholder conflicts in the coastal zone through a special area management (sam) process: a case study in Rekawa of the southern Sri-Lanka 

  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 ...
• Identification of rastrococcus rubellus williams (hemipte ra: pseudococcidae) on mango: a new record to Sri Lanka 

  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. ...
• Med16/sfr6 is necessary but not sufficient for cor gene ex pression of cbf pathway 

  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 ...
• Proximate analysis and phytochemical and mineral constituents in four cultivars of yams and tuber crops in Sri Lanka 

  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, ...
• Assessment of macrogeographical genetic variations in jatropha curcas l in india using allozyme and rapd markers 

  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 ...
• Influence of extension agents’ and farmers’ communications factors on the effectiveness poultry technology messages 

  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 ...
• Influence of humidity and tribolium beetle food souce on the life history characteristics of predator, xylocoris flavipes (hemiptera: anthocoridae) 

  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 ...
• Effect of water stress on growth and yield of mung bean (vigna radiata l) 

  Ranawake, A.L.; Dahanayaka, N.; Amarasingha, U.G.S.; Rodrigo, W.D.R.J.; Rodrigo, U.T.D. (Faculty of Agriculture-University of Ruhuna, 2011-09-07)

  Legumes are second only to the Graminae in their importance to humans. Mung bean (Vigna radiata L) is one of the most important grain legumes cultivated in Sri Lanka. Drought is a major abiotic stress on Mung bean in ...
• Comparative evaluation of tree species populations under different land use types within the university of port harcourt environs 

  Chima, U.D.; Uwaegbulem, C. (Faculty of Agriculture-University of Ruhuna, 2011-12-23)

  Impact of land use changes and varying levels of habitat disturbance on tree populations was evaluated using the spatial analogue technique of studying ecosystem dynamics. Three sites with low, moderate, and high levels ...
• Diffusion of scientific shrimp farming through various stages of the adoption period 

  Swathi Lekshmi, P.S.; Balasubramani, N.; Chandrakandan, K. (Faculty of Agriculture-University of Ruhuna, 2011-09-28)

  Commercial shrimp culture has become to the mainstay of the coastal economy of India. The present study was undertaken among 120 shrimp farmers from the two predominant shrimp farming districts of the country. The aim ...
• Effect of time of sowing and plant spacing on broccoli production 

  Hossain, M.F.; Ara, N.; Uddin, M.R.; Dey, S.; Islam, M.R. (Faculty of Agriculture-University of Ruhuna, 2011-10-14)

  A field experiment was conducted at Agricultural Research Station, BARI, Thakurgaon during rabi season, 2009/10 to find out the optimum time of sowing and plant spacing on broccoli production. Three sowing time viz. ...
• Regeneration of dragon fruit (hylecereus undatus) plant lets from leaf and stem explants 

  Dahanayake, N.; Ranawake, A.L. (Faculty of Agriculture-University of Ruhuna, 2011-10-06)

  Dragon fruit (Hylocereus undatus) (Cactacea) is a climbing vine which has received worldwide attention, first, as an ornamental plant and then extended as a fruit crop. Since seed viability of stored dragon fruit is very ...
• Analysis of nile crocodile (crocodylus nilotica) hunting in selected communities around fresh water and salt water transitional areas of rivers state, Nigeria 

  Ijeomah, H.M.; Efenakpo, O.D. (Faculty of Agriculture-University of Ruhuna, 2011-09-21)

  Nile crocodile (Crocodylus nilotica) is threatened and the rate of its hunting and the vulnerability ranking of the species on basis of size or age is unknown in Nigeria, particularly in coastal areas. Analysis of C. ...
• Development of a method for testing dehydration tolerance rice(oryza sativa L.) and its application to a recombinant inbred line population 

  Ranawake, A.L.; Nakamura, C. (Faculty of Agriculture-University of Ruhuna, 2011-06-08)

  A recombinant inbred line population derived from Japonica rice cultivar Hyogokithanishiki and Indica rice cultivar Hokuriku-142 is a valuable source for genetic and molecular studies as these two parents have different ...
• Biology of the palm weevil, rhabdoscelus maculatus in selected foliage palm nurseries in Sri Lanka 

  Karunaratne, M.D.S.U.; Karunaratne, M.M.S.C.; Ekanayake, H.M.R.K. (Faculty of Agriculture-University of Ruhuna, 2011-09-22)

  A study on the Biology of the palm weevil Rhabdoscelus maculatus was carried out at Tropiflora Ornamental Palm Nurseries in Sri Lanka. This weevil, an important pest of ornamental palms, was detected for the first time ...
• Propensity of cowpea (vigna unguiculata) farmers to adopt neem in controlling pest in Delta state, Nigeria 

  Ofuoku, A.U.; Egho, E.; Enujeke, E. (Faculty of Agriculture-University of Ruhuna, 2011-12-29)

  This study was conducted to determine the factors that influence the propensity of cowpea farmers to adopt neem in controlling pests in Delta State, Nigeria. Data were collected from a sample population of 125 cowpea ...

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