The mosses; resembled as the common ancestor of terrestrial plants, have a better suitability to monitor atmospheric depositions as they obtain nutrients needed for their vital processes from both wet and dry deposition ...

Land degradation is one of the major global problems identified at present. According to the World Food and Agriculture Organization’s assessment of land degradation, about 50% of the total land in Sri Lanka has been ...

Anthropometric parameters and physical fitness characteristics are important and vital for any sport and those parameters would decide the ultimate performance levels of players. However, studies related to badminton ...

This study introduces a quality indicator for the apparel industry that can be used to identify the critical styles out of a new set of styles. This indicator can be incorporated in designing the production procedure by ...

Yield reduction due to climate induced stresses is a major constraint to agriculture in tropical region and rice is one of the severely affected crops. Monaragala is one of the important agricultural areas in Sri Lanka ...

Papaya (Carica papaya L) fruit post-harvest losses up to 40% have been reported in Sri Lanka. One of efficient preservation method used food industry is spray drying. This study was focused to select suitable carrier ...

The indigenous system is very popular in Asian countries. Medicinal plants offer alternative remedies with tremendous opportunities to indigenous treatments. In the present study we conducted a comprehensive survey on the ...

The medicinal plants are widely used by the traditional medical practitioners for curing various diseases in their day to day practice. Canthium coromandelicum (Rubiaceae) is one of traditional medicinal plants in Sri ...

The food packaging industry is one of the leading consumers of plastic packaging producers in the world where they produced over 78 million metric tons of plastic packaging. However, a mere 14% of the total plastic ...

Bouguer gravity anomaly maps reveal density variations in the Earth that are usually associated with geological discontinuities such as igneous intrusions, sedimentary basins and brittle faults. According to the basement ...