Banana (Musa sp) is an important fruit crop cultivated throughout the year and is the traditional mainstay of Northern Sri Lanka’s livelihood. Occurrence of pests and diseases is the major constraint in banana cultivation ...

Efficient shoot regeneration and Agrobacterium-mediated genetic transformation systems were developed for Petunia hybrida cv. Mitchell. Leaf explants of petunia were cultured on Murashige and Skoog (MS) medium with different ...

Multi-Auto-Transformation (MAT) vector system consists of positive selection, using the ipt or rol gene, with a site-specific recombination and DNA removal system, that generates morphologically normal marker-free transgenic ...

Queen palm, Livistona rotundifolia foliage contributes greatly in export industry. Red spider mite (RSM) (Tetranychus urticae) infests on the foliage and reduces its affordable market quality. T. urticae is found in dry ...

Environmental manipulation or conservation is one among several approaches evolved for harnessing the potentiality of entomopathogens in an integrated pest management. Cultural manipulation can permit the pathogen to ...

Foliar symptoms of web blotch were observed on some peanut cultivars (Arachis hypogaea L.) grown in the Kilinochchi district in the dry zone of Sri Lanka during October 1993 to January 1994, following heavy rains (mean ...

The study was carried out under net house conditions at Green Farms Ltd, Marawila to determine the occurrence and severity of Erwinia soft rot disease in Dracaena sanderiana plants and to formulate the possible control ...

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 ...