Paddy farming is predominantly practiced in the dry zone of Sri Lanka. Most paddy lands in the dry zone belong to traditional hydrological cascade systems known as Village Tank Cascade Systems (VTCS) and paddy lands ...

Legume-Rhizobial symbiosis plays a greater agronomical and ecological significance as it provides fixed nitrogen through Biological Nitrogen Fixation. Clitoria ternatea is a leguminous plant that hosts a wide range of ...

Agricultural Extension is an ongoing, non-formal educational process that takes place over a period of time to transfer knowledge to rural farmers. In Sri Lanka, the ratio of farmers to extension officers is 800:1, and ...

The present study was aimed to formulate organic liquid fertilizers using banana pseudostem and to assess their potential use in the germination of selected seeds (i.e., chilli, curry chilli, lettuce, and water spinach), ...

This experiment was aimed to determine the effect of application of silicon on the growth and yield of tomato (var. Rajitha) under water stress condition. Treatments of the experiment were 75 mg of Si and no water stress ...

Jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus) is one of the major edible foodstuffs rich in carbohydrates and fiber. This study investigated the reduction of postharvest losses of jackfruits by value addition. Jack fruit seeds ...

Idli is one of the flour-based foods fermented by lactic acid bacteria. This study was designed to characterize the lactic acid bacteria isolated from Idli batter and to determine their antibacterial activity. Physicochemical ...