Garlic (Allium sativum) is widely used functional food ingredient in Sri Lanka. Although garlic has been used for its medicinal properties for thousands of years, an investigation into its mode of action is relatively ...

Agriculture is the mainstay of a significant section of the populace in the Jaffna peninsula. Consequently, any progress in the welfare in the lives of those involved in agriculture, certainly would result in the progress ...

Magalla is a reservoir which is located at Nikaweratiya area in Deduru Oya river basin. Deduru Oya river basin which is in dry zone of Sri Lanka has severe flood during rainy season and lean flow during dry season. Magalla ...

Tomato is one of the most popular fruit vegetable grown in Sri Lanka. However, sometimes many producers are struggling with excessive production. This excessive production can be processed mechanically to produce value ...

Over the past 10 years, Sri Lanka has experienced a substantial increase in tourist arrivals. However, lack of understanding about the determinants of inbound tourism demand is the major challenge to sustain this growth ...

Moringa oleifera Lam. is grown in Jaffna home gardens for pods and leaves. After the introduction of Moringa variety PKM 1, the population of leaf eating caterpillar (Noorda blitealis Wlk) and pod fly (Gitona distigma ...

Green leafy vegetables are less expensive, yet rich in myriad of phytochemicals having antioxidant properties. Blanching is a prerequisite for preservation of green leafy vegetables to prevent the activity of phenolases ...

Hydroponics system is an easy and environmentally good approach where plants are grown without the support of soil media. The system is mainly affected by water quality parameters, especially, dissolved oxygen (DO), pH ...

Soil bed preparation is a major operation to develop productive rhizosphere which influences yield of plants significantly. Land preparation can be carried out by different means based on the types of the root zone of ...

Accessibility to drinking water is a problematic issue everywhere in the world. Many people in Sri Lanka are suffering mysterious and deadly form of kidney diseases because of poor drinking water quality. There are several ...