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 ...
Ratnasekera, D.(Faculty of Agriculture-University of Ruhuna, 2013-05-29)
Drought is a major threat for plant growth and productivity. Plants lose over 90% of water by transpiration
through stomatal pores. The cytosolic free Ca2+ elevated in guard cells in response to stress stimuli triggers ...
Ajieh Patrick Chuks(Faculty of Agriculture-University of Ruhuna, 2012-06-06)
This study examined the congruency between extension professionals and farmers regarding their perceptions of
privatization and commercialization of agricultural extension services. The study was carried out in Delta ...