Chilli is an important cash crop of Sri Lanka (Capsicum annum). A variety of biotic-abiotic stresses impair the chilli production particularly in high potential chilli producing areas in dry and intermediate zones of Sri ...

In vitro antibacterial studies were carried out with the aqueous extract of Gymnema sylvestre leaf powder (1:5) and gymnemagenin (1:10) on six human pathogenic bacterial strains using agar disc diffusion method at 50 µl, ...

Cymbidium bicolor Lindl. is an orchid, found as epiphytes on Palmyrah (Borassus flabellifer). The association of Mycorrhizae in the roots helps C. bicolor to survive during drought. Therefore, this investigation was carried ...

Fabaceae member green gram (Vigna radiata (L.) R. Wilczek) is one of the most economically important grain legumes of traditional farming systems of Sri Lanka because of its cheap sources of protein, animal feed, and in ...

In spite of remarkable spectrum of activity of neem, Azadirachta indica (Family: Meliaceae) against pests, does the tree itself not immune to them. Many insects such as ash weevils, tortricid moth, peacock moth, scale and ...

Livistona rotundifolia is a widely grown queen palm in all the net houses of floriculture industries in Sri Lanka. It is grown to an extent of 10,000 mZ in Green Farms Ltd, Marawilla under shade net house. Root knot nematode ...

The queen of kitchen Allium cepa L. cultivation is catastrophic by devastating fungal pathogens in Jaffna, Sri Lanka. A field investigation was carried out to diagnose the fungal diseases of red onion and to provide possible ...

Amaranthus stem borer, Hypolixus truncatulus(F.) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) has become a major problem in Amaranthus cultivations in Mannar and Kilinochchi districts compelling farmers to abandon cultivations. This study ...

Landraces and wild relatives of wheat are rich repositories of new rust resistance genes. Landraces are preferred over wild relatives for the absence of deleterious effects associated with large alien segments.A common ...

Adulteration of cow's ghee can easily be identified by standard physico- chemical tests. Samples were coded from S-01 to S-14. A pure cow ghee sample (S-01) was prepared at the laboratory under hygiene conditions. Thirteen ...