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  • Farmer participatory fish disease surveillance and monitoring: Use of PRA tools 
    Sahu, B.B.; Radheyshy, A.M.; Kumar, Kuldeep; Mukherjee, S.C.; Ayyappan, S. (Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ruhuna, SriLanka, 1999-12-23)
    At C.I.F.A. Kausalyaganga, Bhubaneswar, Orissa, Participatory Rapid Appraisal (PRA) approach and methods have been tried as part of the Institution-Village Linkage Programme (IVLP) to help the aquaculture farmers to ...
  • Fruit selection for better seedling production in Sapindus emerginatus 
    Jerlin, R.; Srimathi, R (Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ruhuna, SriLanka, 1999-09-29)
    The effect of grading of fruits on seedling production was investigated in soapnut tree (Sapindus emerginatus). Both size and density grading were effective. Sinkers in density grading, large and medium sized fruits in ...
  • Geometric properties of groundnut kernels 
    Hossain, M.A.; Haque, M.A. (Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ruhuna, SriLanka, 1999-09-29)
    The length, width, thickness or diameter of kernels of four Bangladeshi groundnut {Arachis hypogaea) varieties viz. Basanti, Maischar, Jhinga and Tridana were evaluated and found to be different. Kernels of each variety ...
  • Integrated nitrogen management in rainfed rice (Oryza sativa) - linseed (Linum usitatissimum) cropping system 
    Singh, A.P.; Tripathi, R.S.; Mittra, B.N. (Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ruhuna, SriLanka, 1999-12-29)
    Field experiments were conducted for two years (1993-94 to 1994-95) to investigate direct effect of Urea-N itrogen with or without organic materials (paddy straw, farm yard manure and green manure) on productivity of rice ...
  • Oviposition behaviour of Meteorus Sp. (Hymenoptera : Braconidae) on Spilarctia obliqua (Walker) (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae) 
    Salam, M.A.; Taleb, M.A.; Ahmad, Masum (Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ruhuna, SriLanka, 2000-02-16)
    Oviposition behaviour of the braconid parasitoid Meteorus sp. in Spilarctia obliqua (Lepidoptera : Arctiidae) was studied. The parasitoid was highly attracted to the olfactory cue (kairomone) of the solid mandibular ...
  • P status and sorption capacities of some native rangeland soils in northern Nigeria 
    Omoregie, A.U.; Akenova, M.E. (Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ruhuna, SriLanka, 1999-10-11)
    A study was conducted to determine the phosphorus (P) status of some soils carrying native pastures in northern Nigeria. Sorption capacities and forms of P in these soils were also studied. Consequently, soils developed ...
  • Performance of plants regenerated through somatic embryogenesis in finger millet (Eleusine coracana Gaertn.) 
    Pius, J.; Eapen, S.; George, L.; Rao, P.S.; Raut, R.S. (Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ruhuna, SriLanka, 1999-11-24)
    Regenerated plants (R,) from callus derived from seeds and their progenies (R2) of three cultivars and R3 progeny of one cultivar of finger millet {Eleusine coracana Gaertn.) were evaluated for different agronomic characters. ...
  • Response of cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) to AM and bradyrhizobium in a heavy and light textured soil 
    Taiwo, L.B.; Oladapo, M.O. (Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ruhuna, SriLanka, 2000-11-27)
    A field experiment with cowpea (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.) cv. Ife Brown was carried out in 1995 in a heavy textured loamy sand Iwo series soil and in 1996 in a light textured soil of the same series to determine its ...
  • Some approaches to reduce tediousness in growth analysis of rubber and banana 
    Rodrigo, V.H.L.; Stirling, C.M.; Kariawasam, L.S.; Samarasekera, R.K. (Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ruhuna, SriLanka, 1999-07-16)
    Being large in size, growth analysis of rubber and banana demands suitable sub-sampling systems. Also, there are practical difficulties in measuring the area of large banana leaves. In the study conducted to solve above ...
  • Studies on strain specificity of Frankia in Alnus nepalensis 
    Vendan, R.Thamizh; Rajeshwari, T.; Narayanan, R. (Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ruhuna, SriLanka, 1999-08-08)
    To identify an effective and compatible Frankia strain for Alnus nepalensis, experiments were carried out with four different strains. Alnus was infected by all the four Frankia strains as was evidenced by the higher ...

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