The knowledge on the accumulation of essential and toxic trace elements in rice growing soils is crucial for sustainable soil nutrient management and rice crop production. The aim of the present study was to investigate ...

Groundnut, Arachis hypogea. L., which belongs to the family Fabaceae, is a popular oil crop in Sri Lanka. Pod is the economically important parts of the groundnut. However, pod filling is one of the significant yield ...

Delay in ripening of mature avocado fruits results in excessive weight loss, increasing diseases incidences, desiccating and showing uneven ripening. Application of ethylene gas has been used to enhance the ripening rate ...

Listeria monocytogenes, a food borne pathogenic bacterium often isolated from meat and meat products, is considered a major causative agent responsible for serious diseases in both humans and animals. This study was ...

Ripening includes physiological, biochemical and organoleptic changes in fruits leading to soft and edible commodities with appropriate quality characteristics. Commercially fruits are artificially ripened using various ...

Pleurotus ostreatus is known as oyster mushroom, its cultivation has become popular as it is highly nutritious and medicinally important. It requires twenty-one days of incubation period generally before exposing to light ...

COVID-19 is an ongoing threat to all over the world and causes the worst economic tremor in recent years. Sri Lanka is one of the most vulnerable developing countries that can be observed a detrimental effect on the ...

Open dumping is the most common way of disposing of municipal solid wastes in developing countries. Municipal solid waste in Matara town is disposed of to an open dumping site in Kotavila waste management complex (WMC), ...

Kilinochchi district is well known for its abundance of multi-purpose reservoirs used for agricultural activities and freshwater aquaculture. Despite their abundance, no study has been conducted for the crucial information ...

Palmyrah fruit leather (Panattu) is a product obtained by drying the Palmyrah fruit pulp. It has a soft, rubbery texture and a sweet taste with organoleptically acceptable characteristics. Even though, it contains high ...