The medicinal plant, Withania somnifera (Ashwagandha) is becoming popular among farmers. Due to its importance, farmers are interested to cultivate it in larger extent. This study was aimed to assess the potential of W. ...

Red flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum and Pulse beetle, Callosobruchus chinensis are major pests on stored commodities. Recently, attention has been paid towards exploitation of medicinal plants in pest management strategies ...

Safety of genetically modified plants has led to a demand for technologies allowing the production of transgenic plants without selectable markers. Multi-Auto-Transformation (MAT) vector system consists of positive selection, ...

Brinjal (Solanum melongena L.) is one among the vegetables grown in Jaffna Peninsula of Sri Lanka. It has been extensively cultivated throughout the country due to its demand among the consumers. The productivity of brinjal ...

The technologies allowing the production of transgenic plants without selectable marker genes, is of great interest in public and environmental safety. For generating such marker-free transgenic plants, possibility has ...

Queen Palm (Livistona rotundifolia) is cultivated extensively for both local and foreign ornamental markets with the desired characteristics of even and ever green, pest and disease free healthy palm and quality leaves. ...

Microbial control is receiving more attention, since these alternative tactics, compared to chemical control methods, are energy saving, non polluting, ecologically sound and sustainable. A mycopathogen, Fusarium semitectum ...

In India, chilli (Capsicum annuum L.) suffers with a characteristic leaf curl symptoms due to the attack of mite, Polyphagotarsonemus latus (Banks) (Acari: Tarsonemidae) and thrips, Scirtothrips dorsalis Hood (Thysanoptera: ...

Snails and slugs became a serious molluscan pests and damaging leaves of purple compacta, Cordyline fruticosa extensively grown for export at Green Farm Ltd, Sri Lanka. The export quality of leaves of C. fruticosa is lowered ...

The cane palm, Chrysalidocarpus lutescens is one among the plant material of the export industries in Sri Lanka. The export quality of C. lutescens was declined due to the repeated occurrence of a leaf spot caused by ...