Browsing Volume 07 (2004) by Title

Browsing Volume 07 (2004) by Title

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  • Marketing of Banana in selected districts of India 
    Wanjari, Vinod; Ladaniya, M.S. (Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ruhuna, SriLanka, 2004-10-23)
    Marketing costs, margins and important marketing channels for 'Basrai' cv. (Dwarf cavendish) were examined on the basis of data collected from growers, co-operative societies and intermediaries in selected districts of ...
  • Mating behavior in honey bees (Genus Apis) 
    Koeniger, Nikolaus; Koeniger, Gudrun (Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ruhuna, SriLanka, 2004-03-30)
    Monogyny is one of the basic features of the honeybee colony. This links the rearing of new queens to the process of colony multiplication (Ruttner 1957). In other words the mating season in honeybees is inevitably linked ...
  • N-nitrosocompounds (NOCs): As chemo-hazards in muscle foods 
    Rai, K.P.; Marapana, R.A.U.J.; Zhang, Chunhui; Xia, Wenshui (Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ruhuna, SriLanka, 2004-08-20)
    Nitrite and/or nitrate have been widely used in muscle food processing as a main curing agent, though it can produce several kinds of carcinogenic N-nitrosocompounds (NOCs) reacting with amine components of muscle protein. ...
  • Protein cross-linking in food by microbial transglutaminase (MTGase) and its application & usefulness in food industry 
    Marapana, R.A.U.J.; Jiang, Bo (Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ruhuna, SriLanka, 2004-10-20)
    Microbial transglutaminase catalyses in vitro cross-linking in soybean globulins, wheat proteins, whey proteins, casein, gluten, gelatin, egg protein, myosin B, actin, myosin and actomyosin. This cross linkage has unique ...
  • Quality of papaya variety 'Rathna' as affected by postharvest handling 
    Sarananda, K.H.; Balasuriya, S.T.; Ganeshalingam, K. (Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ruhuna, SriLanka, 2004-08-30)
    In addition to the high post harvest losses (46%), the quality of ripe papaya in the market place is very poor. High level of mechanical damage, disease development, the presence of'green islands' on the skin and poor ...
  • Rice diseases - problems and progress 
    Seneviratne, S.N. de S.; Jeyanandarajah, Premala (Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ruhuna, SriLanka, 2004-08-17)
    Several rice diseases, caused by fungal, bacterial and viral pathogens, as well as nematodes, occur in Sri Lanka. Those induced by fungi include blast (Pyricularia oryzae), sheath blight (Thanatephorus cucumeris), brown ...
  • Standardising methods of quick viability test for Pungam (Pongamia pinnata L. Pierre) seeds 
    Jerlin, R.; Vanangamudi, K.; Rajasekaran, R. (Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ruhuna, SriLanka, 2004-08-31)
    The viability of seeds can be determined with the use of 2,3,5-triphenyl tetrazolium chloride in a shorter period of time. Tetrazolium staining is a dependable and accepted biochemical method for testing the inherent ...
  • A study on the development and implementation of enrichment planting in Peninsular Malaysia 
    Hassan-Zaki, Pakhriazad (Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ruhuna, SriLanka, 2004-10-01)
    Hill dipterocarp forest areas in Peninsular Malaysia are inherently poor within the natural regeneration. Enrichment planting scheme was implemented with the main objective of expediting the restructuring of the forest ...
  • Use of effective micro-organisms (EM) and urea in accelerating the decomposition of Rice Straw 
    Herath, H.M.I.K.; Wickramasinghe, W.M.D.B.; Mapa, R.B. (Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ruhuna, SriLanka, 2004-06-30)
    Slow decomposition rate of rice straw associated with its fibrous nature limits its use as organic manure even though it is widely available in Sri Lanka. Influence of effective microorganisms (EM) and urea on the ...

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