Anthracnose disease of grapevines, historically attributed to Elsinoe ampelina, has emerged as a significant concern in the Jaffna Peninsula, Sri Lanka. This study aimed to characterize the disease’s etiology, epidemiology, ...

In recent years, there has been interest in researching and developing new antibiotics from various sources to fight microbial infections. Antibacterial properties are found in numerous medicinal plants that can prevent ...

Sri Lanka has a valuable repository of germplasm collection due to the availability of a large number of different traditional and improved rice varieties. Molecular techniques can increase the effectiveness of traditional ...

Diabetes mellitus is becoming a metabolic disease that is defined by the level of hyperglycemia. Nowadays, it has a serious threat to public healthiness in throughout the world. Constituents and extracts isolated from ...

Medicinal plants are universally used in the management of various diseases in different medical practices. A varied diversity of compounds extracted from plants may show anticancer, antibacterial, and antidiabetic activities. ...

Traditional rice varieties are one important component of the biodiversity of Sri Lanka. However, no proper studies have been performed on genetic diversity of the Sri Lankan traditional rice varieties used in our breeding ...

Oryza rhizomatis is an endemic wild rice species of Sri Lanka. Numerous studies on nutritional attributes on several wild rice species revealed that some wild rice species contain desirable nutritional qualities than the ...

Oryza rhizomatis is a wild rice species endemic to Sri Lanka and is reported to have tolerance to biotic and abiotic stresses prevailing in the dry zone of the country. Several morphological differences have been observed ...

Genetic relationships among 28 new improved rice varieties were established using Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism (AFLP) markers. Cultivars were analyzed with 10 EcoR1 and MseI primer combinations. A total of 517 ...

Meat is an important source of high-quality protein, supplying all essential amino acids required for human nutrition. This study evaluated the physico-chemical characteristics and microbiological quality of fresh retail ...