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Academic Sessions of University of Ruhuna: Recent submissions

  • Performance assessment of automatic pH and Ec monitoring and control system for hydroponically grown lettuce 
    Jinendra, B.M.; Weerasinghe, K.D.N.; Dharmadasa, R.A.P.I.; Alahakoon, P.M.K. (University Of Ruhuna, 2004)
    An experiment was conducted to assess the performance of automatic pH and Eco monitoring and control system for hydroponically grown lettuce (Lactuca sativa), with the objective of creating a precisely controlled nutrient ...
  • Studies on the quality of minimally processed jackfruit 
    Jayasinghe, C.A.; Abeysekera, M.; Hettiarachchi, M.P. (University Of Ruhuna, 2004)
    Minimal processing technologies should provide sufficient shelf life to foods to allow for their distribution and to meet consumer demands for convenient andf resh like quality. This study was conducted at Postharvest ...
  • Effect of postharvest treatments on keeping quality of Phoenix roehelenii 
    Ariyadasa, S.N.; Hettiarachchi, M.P.; Kumara, J.K.L. Priyantha (University Of Ruhuna, 2004)
    Wilting and yellowing of leaves are major postharvest problems that reduce export quality and vase life of cut foliage species. Phoenix roebelenii has export potential as cut leaves and it shows wilting appears 3 d after ...
  • Above - ground growth performances of Cinnamon (Cinnamomum verum presel) as affected by potting media 
    Swamapali, G.G.; Subasinghe, S. (University Of Ruhuna, 2004)
    An experiment was conducted at the Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ruhuna mapalana, during May to September, 2004, to study the above ground - growth performance of Cinnamon as affected by three potting media (gravelly ...
  • Rooting of Dracaena sanderiana cuttings is influenced by chemical sterilization and IBA application 
    Pushpamali, I.; Hettiarachchi, M.P.; Dissanayake, L. (University Of Ruhuna, 2004)
    A series of field experiments were conducted at Tropical Foliage and Flower Company (Pvt) Ltd. Perawalawaththa, Badalgama during April-August, 2004 to study the effect of media sterilization and IBA on rooting of Dracaena ...
  • A study of pineapple black heart disorder 
    Pitadeniya, D.S.; Lakshman, P.L.N. (University Of Ruhuna, 2004)
    Since 1983, export of fresh pineapple fruits to Middle East countries has considerably reduced as consignments of these fru it’s have been subjected to a physiological disorder, resulting in core breakdown and Internal ...
  • Effect of glyphosate on soil nitrogen mineralization 
    Walpola, B.C.; Wanniarachchi, S.D.; Liyanage, J.A. (University Of Ruhuna, 2004)
    In this study, glyphosate was used to determine the effect of increasing rate of application on soil Nitrogen mineralization. The experiment comprised three glyphosate treatments (i.e. 0.3546, 3.456,and 35.46 jug/g soil) ...
  • Post-harvest handling of cut Kniphofia 
    Hettiarachchi, M.P. (University Of Ruhuna, 2004)
    Cold storage and floral preservative treatments were evaluated on post harvest quality of Kniphofia uvaria 'Flamenco 'flowers. Stems wrapped with wet newspapers stored at 4 °C showed better Post harvest performances than ...
  • Screening of mungbean (Vigna radiata (L) Wilczek) and cowpea (Vigna unguiculata (L) Walp) for higher growth and yield 
    Subasinghe, S.; Senaratne, R.; Dayatilake, G.A. (University Of Ruhuna, 2004)
    A series of screening trials were conducted to identify superior genotypes of mung bean (Vignaradiata (L) Wilczek) and cowpea (Vigna unguiculata (L) Walp) with high yielding potential and growth performances, at Bata-atha ...
  • Outsourcing in universities: A comparative analysis of in-house sourcing vs outsourcing 
    Sriyani, G.T. Wasantha; Laksiri, W.M.R. (University Of Ruhuna, 2004)
    Over the past decade, the private sector took the lead in restructuring, downsizing, and outsourcing of the functions, which have performed previously in-house. Many organizations have outsourced information processing, ...
  • Influence of demographic variables on the perceptions of country of origin as a quality attribute of milk powder 
    Kumara, P.A.P. Samantha; Ashan, Fazeela M.J. (University Of Ruhuna, 2004)
    This paper presents the findings o f a part o f a previous study o f perception o f country o f origin as a quality attribute of milk powder in which influence of demographic variables o f rural and urban consumers such ...
  • Physical intimidation and discourse of deceive 
    Abeyrathne, U.; Sriyani, W.G.T.; Rathnayake, R.M. (University Of Ruhuna, 2004)
    Political violence is a repetitive phenomenon in Sri Lankan universities. The Students *Councils are not independent bodies, but tend to share the political ideologies o f the mainstream political parties of the Left or ...
  • A sociological study on elderly care in an urban community in Sri Lanka 
    Perera, R. (University Of Ruhuna, 2004)
    rt is expected that the world will fe e l an implication o f population ageing in the near future ever than before. It is also estimated that 48.2% o f the world ageing population belongs to Asian countries. Furthermore, ...
  • Impact of globalization on entertaining, knowledge of information technology and sexuality among men and women in Sri Lanka 
    Silva, Dushmanthi K.D.; Kariyakarawana, Saman M. (University Of Ruhuna, 2004)
    Over the past two decades, globalization has brought tremendous opportunities along with serious challenges to many societies around the world. This paper briefly reviews how the concept o f globalization affects the Sri ...
  • Remote sensing approach to identify salt-affected soils in Hambantota District 
    Chandana, P.G.; Weerasinghe, K.D.N.; Subasinghe, S.; Pathirana, S. (University Of Ruhuna, 2004)
    Present research deals with the problem o f monitoring saline soils o f Hambantota district, southern Sri Lanka, based on Remote Sensing data o f TM sensor o f Landsat 7 satellite, using ILWIS 3.2 'functions. Effectiveness ...
  • සිංහල භාෂාව නැගෙනහිර ඉන්දීය ප්‍රාකෘත්‍යක් ද 
    ප්‍රේමසිරි, සුනන්දා (University Of ruhuna, 2004)
    ඓතිහාසික හා තුලනාත්මන වාග්විද්‍යාව අනුව මහාචාර්ය සෙනරත් පරණවිතාන සූරීන්ගේ මත අනුව සිංහල භාෂාව බටහිර ප්‍රාකෘත්‍යක් මුල් කරගෙන වයඹ, නැගෙනහිර ප්‍රාකෘත වලත් ආභාසයෙන් සංවර්ධනය වූ ඉන්දු ආර්ය භාෂාවක් බව පිලිගෙන ඇත. මේ පිළිබඳව ...
  • A study of social consequences of ethnic conflict in the North-East of Sri Lanka 
    Dissanayake, P.K.M. (University Of ruhuna, 2004)
    This paper discusses social consequences o f the north- east conflict. It is a well-known fa c t that Sri Lanka in recent time, has become synonymous with political violence and terror. Therefore, traditions of civil society ...
  • Application of geographical information systems for flood risk mapping 
    Liyanarachchi, P.; Chandana, P.G. (University Of ruhuna, 2004)
    The objective o f this study was to assess the risk o f different flo o d scenarios fo r Ratnapura town due to flash floods and estimate the flo o d inundation areas according to the ward wise o f the town area. The data ...
  • Development discourse and the third world 
    Banda, R.M. Ranaweera (University Of ruhuna, 2004)
    This article presents a critique on the development discourse within the context o f post colonial relations between the West and the ‘Third World'. The author views the concept o f development and the notion o f 'Third ...
  • A preliminary chemical study on secondary metabolites present in fruits of Momordica dioica 
    Kumara, K. Nishantha; Bulugahapitiya, V.P. (UNIVERSITY OF RUHUNA, 2004)
    Results o f isolation and identification o f secondary metabolites present in fruits o f Memordicadioica are reported in this paper.M. dioica (Family Cucurbitaceae) is a dioecious perennial plant with tuberous roots and ...

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