Purpose: Up-country vegetable sector is sensitive in achieving food security as a prominent sub sector within the Sri Lankan agriculture. But a high post-harvest loss (PHLs) along traditional supply chains and competitiveness ...

Purpose: Climate variability is a serious problem aff ecting the livelihoods of farmers in developing countries particularly those depend on rain fed agriculture. This study was carried out to investigate the extent of ...

Purpose: Nile tilapia is known to have a high prolifi c rate of reproduction which impacts the native aquatic bio-diversity. This phenomena and various methods of curtailing have been well studied in few selected places ...

Purpose: Water spinach (WS) (Ipomoea aquatica) is a popular leafy vegetable. However, WS is highly prone to bioaccumulation of toxic heavy metals. Sweet potato (SP) (Ipomoea batatas) is primarily a root tuber crop with ...

Purpose: Tomato production in the world has increased tremendously within last few decades. Nevertheless, tomato farmers are facing production, market, price and fi nancial uncertainty. Management of these risks is greatly ...

Purpose: The maintenance of grass pea varieties and a comparative assessment of their biological characteristics, which will serve as a basis for future breeding work is required. The purpose of the study is to assess ...

Purpose: Selecting bulbs based on their quality as planting materials is a critical point in obtaining high qualified growth and development of lilies, however published reports in re-using bulbs on cultivation of lilies ...

Purpose: Bitter gourd (Mormodica charantia) is a widely cultivated vegetable crop in Jaffna. It is well-known to possess medicinal properties, mainly because of its antioxidant properties. Changes in the antioxidant ...

Purpose: It is high time to study the impacts of banning of glyphosate in paddy (rice) cultivation in the country as it is important in many aspects of the economy. The quantity of glyphosate has been in use far exceeds ...

Purpose: Genetic makers are indispensable in the genetic quantifi cation and characterization of plant species of which rubber tree is no exception. Markers have been used severally in genetic identifi cation and diversity ...