Jayawardana, S.A.S.; Nawarathna, S.B.; Ranaweera, K.K.D.S.(Faculty of Agriculture-University of Ruhuna, 2014-07-24)
A natural red colouring was developed from petals of Red-layered Hibiscus flowers, which are rich in anthocyanins, to replace artificial colourings that are being added to a carbonated soft drink. Boiling distilled water ...
Enujeke, E.C.(Faculty of Agriculture-University of Ruhuna, 2014-06-09)
Field experiments were conducted in 2011 and 2012 cropping seasons in the Teaching and Research Farm of Delta
State University, Asaba Campus, Nigeria to assess some growth and yield indices of six varieties of watermelon ...
Samaradivakara, S.P.; Hirimuthugoda, N.Y.; Gunawardana, R.H.A.N.M.; Illeperuma, R.J.; Fernandopulle, N.D.; De Silva, A.D.; Alexander, P.A.B.D.(Faculty of Agriculture-University of Ruhuna, 2014-06-17)
The Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus was introduced from Africa’s to Sri Lanka in the 1970s. Since then tilapia
has dominated in most of the reservoir fisheries in Sri Lanka. The genetic and meristic variation of the ...
Alawathugoda, C.J.; Dahanayake, N.(Faculty of Agriculture-University of Ruhuna, 2014-06-09)
A greenhouse experiment was conducted to determine the influence of mycorrhizae as a substitute for inorganic
fertilizer on growth and yield of Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum) and Soybean (Glycine max) and soil microbial ...
Kole, P.C.; Goswami, T.; Duary, B.(Faculty of Agriculture-University of Ruhuna, 2014-02-24)
Thirty genotypes of fenugreek were grown during winter seasons of 2009-10 and 2010-11 in subhumid subtropical
red lateritic belt of Eastern India. The performance of the genotypes was assessed for eight agronomic characters, ...
Sumathi, P.; Muralidharan, V.(Faculty of Agriculture-University of Ruhuna, 2014-03-18)
A field experiment was conducted with five sesame genotypes, two branched, TMV 4 and TMV 5, and three
monostemed / shybranched KS 990837, KS 990813 KS 9908513 and six cross combinations of branched x
monostemed to ...
Waduge, T.D.; Edirisnghe, J.C.; Fernando, A.P.S.; Herath, H.M.L.K.; Jayasinghe-Mudalige, U.K.(Faculty of Agriculture-University of Ruhuna, 2014-03-12)
It was observed that even in the times of higher prices some smallholder rubber producers remain poor. The reason for this variation in income is thought to be risks associated with rubber production. Therefore, this study ...
Olajide, B.R.; Fawole, O.P.(Faculty of Agriculture-University of Ruhuna, 2014-03-12)
The media, especially the newspapers play a major role as sources of biotechnology information and will be useful
avenues for disseminating related information. It is in view of this that this study examined coverage of ...
Narayana, N.M.N.K.; Gupta, V.K.(Faculty of Agriculture-University of Ruhuna, 2014-02-28)
The aim of the study was to investigate the effect of ultrafiltration (UF) process on quality of cow milk plain set
yoghurt. Direct UF of cow skim milk and highly concentrated UF cow skim milk retentate addition were ...
Widana Gamage, S.M.K.; Hassani-Mehraban, A.; Peters, D.(Faculty of Agriculture-University of Ruhuna, 2014-02-19)
Tomato spotted wilt virus (TSWV), the type species of the genus Tospovirus has long been reported infecting eco nomically important horticultural crops such as tomato, groundnut, pepper, potato and soybean, all over the ...
Kumara, A.P.A.; Dahanayake, N.; Phathinayake, B.D.; Senanayake, S.G.J.N.(Faculty of Agriculture-University of Ruhuna, 2014-03-25)
Rice is considered as self-pollinated crop but out-crossing is possible. At307 is a high yielding, 90d variety developed at the Rice Research Station, Ambalantota, Sri Lanka possessing good attributes to be recommended as ...
Sandika, A.L.; Kalansuriya, N.K.(Faculty of Agriculture-University of Ruhuna, 2014-02-06)
This study attempted to investigate the job satisfaction of Agricultural Graduate (AG) employed under the Government Graduate Scheme using a structured pre-tested questionnaire. The aims of the study were to identify ...
Wathugala, D.L.; Heather Knight; Marc R. Knight(Faculty of Agriculture-University of Ruhuna, 2014-01-27)
SFR6 (SENSITIVE TO FREEZING6) is one of plant mediator proteins which has been identified first with its
involvement to tolerance against freezing in Arabidopsis. The freezing sensitive sfr6 mutant is lack of expression ...
Ediriweera, S.; Abeywickrama, K.; Latifah, M.; Othaman, F.; Wan Hussin, R.; Tham, S.(Faculty of Agriculture-University of Ruhuna, 2014-02-06)
Minimally processed bell pepper strips stored at 8-100C for seven days were evaluated for variation in color, in
package gases, firmness, physicochemical sensory and microbiological quality. Bell pepper strips were treated ...
Atapattu, N.S.B.M.; Sanjeewani, K.G.S.; Senaratna, D.(Faculty of Agriculture-University of Ruhuna, 2014-02-06)
Pouteria campechiana (Canistel) is an under-utilized tree fruit grown naturally in many tropical and sub-tropical
regions. Objective of this study was to determine the effects of dietary Canistel fruit meal (CFM) on ...
Viharnaa, S.; Thayamini, H.S.(Faculty of Agriculture-University of Ruhuna, 2012-09-21)
An experiment was conducted to study the influence of cow and poultry manures on the marketable yield of okra
(Abelmoschus esculentus L) on sandy regosol. The treatments included basal applications of inorganic fertilizer ...
Swain, S.C.; Padhi, S.K.(Faculty of Agriculture-University of Ruhuna, 2013-01-08)
The direct toxic effect of atmospheric pollutant such as sulphur dioxide on plants has been well documented. It is
essentially a potent phytotoxic gas and its toxicity to plant is manifested in typical chronic or acute ...
Dahanayake, N.; Yue-Sheng Yang(Faculty of Agriculture-University of Ruhuna, 2013-04-09)
Petiole explants were obtained from in vitro grown tetraploid (2 x = 44) Echinacea purpurea plantlets. Shoots were
regenerated by culturing the explants on MS basal medium containing 0.5mg/L benzyladenine (BA), 0.01mg/L ...
Swain, S.C.; Padhi, S.K.(Faculty of Agriculture-University of Ruhuna, 2013-01-08)
The direct toxic effect of atmospheric pollutant such as sulphur dioxide on plants has been well documented. It is essentially a potent phytotoxic gas and its toxicity to plant is manifested in typical chronic or acute ...
Ranawake, A.L.; Nakamura, C.(Faculty of Agriculture-University of Ruhuna, 2013-03-04)
Recombinant inbred lines (RILs) derived from a Japonica parent Hygokithanishiki (HGKN) and Indica parent
Hokuriku (HOK) were used to identify quantitative trait loci (QTLs) controlling cold tolerance at the seedling ...