Nzegbule, E.C.(Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ruhuna, SriLanka, 2001-05-08)
A local soil amendment, nasute termite mound, was compared with chemical fertilizer (N.PjOjKjO
: 15:15:15) for its ability to improve tomato {lycopersicum esculentum L.) yield. Tomato seedlings were
grown on top soil ...
Sharma, Poonam; Khurana, A.S.(Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ruhuna, SriLanka, 2001-03-22)
Field experiments were conducted for two consecutive years {rabi 1995-96 and 1996-97) to study the effect
of various levels of N (0, 25, 50 and 75 kg ha'1) with Rhizobium alone and in combination with vesicular
arbitscular ...
Dayatilake, G.A.; Rajagopal, R.(Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ruhuna, SriLanka, 2001-03-22)
Chioropiast morphology, chlorophyll dynamics and photosynthetic activity of Zinnia leaf mesophyil cells
were studied during trans-differentiation into tracheary elements with the view of understanding the
modification ...
Dayatilake, G.A.; Rajagopal, R.(Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ruhuna, SriLanka, 2001-04-22)
Leaf mesophyll cells of Zinnia elegans cv Envy could be induced to be frans differentiated in to tracheary
elements by anxin and cytokmin in cell suspension culture) with peak differentiation at 96 hours, which has
been ...
Wijeratne, M.A.; Premathunga, E.W.T.P.(Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ruhuna, SriLanka, 2001-03-22)
Growth of tea plants raised in polybags of different sizes and on beds in the nursery was studied at
Ratnapura, Sri Lanka over a period of one year. The results showed that sgrowth of tea plants increased
with increasing ...
de Costa, W.A.J.M.; Nayakaratline, N.M.R.S.(Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ruhuna, SriLanka, 2001-03-22)
Drought resistance is an important character for increasing groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.) yields in the
sub-humid, dry zone of Sri Lanka. Therefore, the objective of this study was to determine the effect of soil
water ...
De Silva, M.P.K.S.K.; Hettiarachi, S.(Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ruhuna, SriLanka, 2001-03-22)
Three species of tilapia viz; Oreochromis mossambicus, Oreochromis niloticus and Tilapia rendalli, are well
established 5a Sri Laaka and significant ia fresh water fishery. Introgressive hybridisation is common
between ...
Bhattacharyya, P.K.; Ram, H.H.(Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ruhuna, SriLanka, 2001-07-02)
Spilosoma obliqua Walker (Lepidoptera; Arctiidae), a polyphagous insect often cause serious economic damage to
several crops, particularly soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merr.). One wild accession Glycine soja is found to ...
Ogunbodede, B.A.; Olakojo, S.A.(Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ruhuna, SriLanka, 2001-05-08)
Eighteen maize (Zea mays L.) Lines including nine Striga asiatica tolerant inbreds and nine agronomically
desirable (but not necessarily tolerant) inbreds were used in a non-reciprocal diallel cross. The selected FI
hybrids ...
Kossou, Dansou K.(Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ruhuna, SriLanka, 2001-03-22)
Ear husk characteristics which may influence infestation by Sitophilus zeamais were investigated in four maize
varieties; Gbogbe, NH2, Sekou 85 TZSR-W-1 and EV 8443-SR. Seven replicates were used for each variety
consisting ...
Dayathilake, G.A.; Subasinghe, S.; Senaratne, R.(Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ruhuna, SriLanka, 2001-05-08)
Nitrogen fixation potential of selected cowpea and mungbean cvs. and its effect on succeeding maize crop
was studied at the seed farm of the Department of Agriculture, Bata-atha, in the low country dry zone of Sri
Lanka. ...
Zoran, Ilic; Yulia, Polevaya; Sharon, Alkalai-Tuvia; Azica, Copel; Elazar, Fallik(Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ruhuna, SriLanka, 2001-08-22)
The effectiveness of a short prestorage hot water rinsing and brushing (HWRB) was tested on decay
incidence, quality parameters, respiration rate and ethylene evolution of pink tomato fruits that were kept
for 14 days ...
Karthikeyan, A.; Bhaskaran, R.(Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ruhuna, SriLanka, 2001-06-13)
Growing intercrops am basal stem rot affected coconut plantations reduced the incidence of the disease.
Among the intercrops, banana was very effective in containing the disease. Intercropping in diseased
plantations ...
Karunanithi, K.; Muthusamy, M.; Seetharaman, K.(Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ruhuna, SriLanka, 2001-06-25)
Different carrier materials were screened for the mass multiplication of Trichoderma viride. Talc and
gypsum were significantly superior in maintaining the survival of T. viride even after 150 days ot storage.
Since ...