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Morphology of Medicinal plant, Mollugo cerviana and its Growth Potential in the Northern Province of Sri Lanka

Thenuvathany, B.; Mikunthan, G. (Proceeding of the 3 rd international conference on Dry Zone Agriculture, 2017-11)

Mollugo cerviana (Linn.) Ser. belonging to the family Molluginaceae has identification ambiguity though it is used in many traditional medicinal systems including Siddha and Ayurveda. Since the herb has huge medicinal ...
Suitability of Some Organic Wastes as Substrates to Promote Oyster and Milky Mushrooms

Niroja, M.; Mikunthan, G. (Proceeding of the 3 rd international conference on Dry Zone Agriculture, 2017-11)

Mushroom cultivation is nowadays a feasible income generating venture to many people in the Northern Province of Sri Lanka. Even though the cultivation of mushrooms is depending on sawdust, which is being used as the major ...
Natural Occurrence of Acaropathogenic Rhizopus sp. on Oligonychus sp. Damaging Gliricidia Leaves and the Effect of Pesticides on its Existence

Gobinantha, S.; Mikunthan, G. (Proceeding of the 3 rd international conference on Dry ZoneAgriculture, 2017-11)

Exploring the nature towards determining the existing biological control mechanisms is the timely need to create awareness among the farming community to manage their pests in crops. This would minimize unnecessary use of ...
Management of Root Rot Caused by Curvularia spp. on Ludwigia repens using Biocontrol Agents

Y. Tharmili, G. Mikunthan; V. Jegathambigai, A. Sivinningen (Proceeding of the 3 rd international conference on Dry Zone Agriculture, 2017-11)

Ludwigia repens is the most popular ornamental aquarium plant cultivated in Green Farms (Pvt) Ltd., Marawila in Sri Lanka for export purpose. Recently, a root rot disease was detected to be a major problem in the cultivation ...
Distribution, Infestation and Occurrence of Noorda blitealis Wlk. and Gitona distigma (Meigen) in Moringa oleifera Lam. in the Home Gardens of the Jaffna District, Sri Lanka

Sharjana,K.; Mikunthan, G. (Distribution, Infestation and Occurrence of Noorda blitealis Wlk. and Gitona distigma(Meigen) in Moringa oleifera Lam, 2017)

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 ...
LIQUID FORMULATION AND SPORE VIABILITY OF AN ANTAGONISTIC FUNGUS Trichoderma viride, IN FRUIT PULP OF Tamarindus indica

Keerthana, R.; Mikunthan, G.; Thiruchchelvan, N. (Proceeding of the, 2nd south Asian conference on multi-disciplinary research 8 November 2019,Srilanka, 2019-11)

Trichoderma species are promising antagonistic fungus against soil-borne plant pathogens and more prevalent among other bio-control agents. It has great perspective to be mass-produced by using cost effective locally ...
In vitro assessment of entomopathogenic fungi Isaria, Lecanicillium species against Coconut black beetle

Saththiya, G.; Mikunthan, T. (Proceeding of the 3rd international conference on Dry Zone Agriculture, 2018)

Coconut black beetle, Oryctes rhinoceros is a serious pest of coconut in Sri Lanka and this is one of most damaging insects to palms in Asia. There is no any method as biological control agent except Baculovirus oryctes ...
BIOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT OF Amaranthus STEM BORER (Hypolixus truncatulus) (COLEOPTERA: CURCULIONIDAE)

Rajeshkanna, S.; Mikunthan, G. (Proceeding of the Annals of Sri Lanka Department of Agriculture 2017, 2017)

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 ...
PRODUCTION OF AN ENTOMOPATHOGENIC NEMATODE, Acrobeloides longiuterus USING ARTIFICIAL SOLID MEDIA

Thiruchchelvan, N.; Mikunthan, G. (Proceeding of the 8TH YSF SYMPOSIUM, 2018-11-01)

Acrobeloides longiuterus (Nematoda: Cephalobidae) is a free-living nematode [not a true member in the entomopathogenic genera (Steinernema and Heterorohabditis)] isolated from soils of Northern Sri Lanka using an ...
Handpicking Is An Efficient Practice For Blister Beetle MylabrisPustulata(Meloidae: Coleoptera) In Garden

Suvanthini, T.; Thirukkumaran, G.; Priyatharsan, U. (International journal of scientific & technology research, 2017-08)

Blister beetle is a highly movable Coleopteran insect. Adults mainly feed on floral parts while grub exhibits predacious habit which preys on honey bee and eggs of grasshoppers. Management of this beetle in the garden which ...
The nature, causes and effects of contraband trade and capital between India and Sri Lanka

Sarvananthan, M. (Contemporary South Asia, 1999)

It is argued that studies of the complementary (a.k.a., alternate/black/hidden/ informal/irregular/parallel/second/shadow/subterranean/underground/unofficial) economy and contraband trade1 must supplement official national ...
The International Monetary Fund in Sri Lanka: a critical dialogue

Sarvananthan, M. (Contemporary South Asia, 2002)

On 20 April 2001, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved a US$253 million stand-by credit facility to Sri Lanka to stabilise the country’s macroeconomic fundamentals. The government should be commended for requesting ...
Sri Lanka: putting entrepreneurship at the heart of economic revival in the north, east, and beyond

Sarvananthan, M. (Contemporary South Asia, 2011)

Economic growth at the national level in Sri Lanka in the past few years has been largely state-led. Similarly, economic growth in the formerly civil war-affected northern province has also been largely state-led (including ...
Recovering from the tsunami: people’s experiences in Sri Lanka

Sarvananthan, M.; Sanjeewanie, H. M. P. (Contemporary South Asia, 2008)

The present research note is based on the results of a survey conducted among the tsunami-affected communities in different regions of Sri Lanka—east, north and south (the former two are conflict-affected regions). The ...
In Pursuit of a Mythical State of Tamil Eelam: a rejoinder to Kristian Stokke

Sarvananthan, M. (Third World Quarterly, 2007)

This is a rejoinder to an article by Kristian Stokke published in Third World Quarterly, 27 (6), 2006, which is euphorically entitled ‘Building the Tamil Eelam state: emerging state institutions and forms of governance ...
Impediments to Women in Post-civil War Economic Growth in Sri Lanka

Sarvananthan, M. (South Asian Journal of Human Resources Management, 2015)

This policy-oriented article is an ethnographic study of the impact of the economic growth on women in the Eastern and Northern Provinces of Sri Lanka in the aftermath of the civil war. Preliminary indications are that the ...
Fiscal Devolution: A Stepping Stone towards Conflict Resolution in Sri Lanka

Sarvananthan, M. (South Asian Survey, 2012)

Countries afflicted by claims of territorial sovereignty within nation states have been predominantly preoccupied with sharing of administrative and political powers, as in the case of the armed conflict in Sri Lanka. This ...
Feminism, nationalism, and labour in post-civil war Northern Province of Sri Lanka

Sarvananthan, M.; Suresh, J.; Alagarajah, A. (DEVELOPMENT IN PRACTICE, 2017)

This viewpoint highlights the paradox of low labour force participation and high unemployment among women at a time of growing educational levels of women in the former conflict-affected Northern Province of Sri Lanka. It ...
Envisioning a smart resolution to fishing disputes between India and Sri Lanka

Sarvananthan, M. (JOURNAL OF THE NATIONAL MARITIME FOUNDATION OF INDIA, 2018)

Poaching activities in the territorial waters off the coast of the Northern Province of Sri Lanka by the fishing communities from the state of Tamil Nadu in India, especially in the wake of the end of Sri Lanka’s civil war ...
A Study Of The Standard Tool For Prakritiassessment In Indigenous Medicine

Vinotha, S. (World Journal of Pharmaceutical Research, 2019-03)

Prakriti (Psycho-somatic constitution of the body) is specific composition of humors (dosha) that is permanent throughout the life. The psycho-somatic type of an individual depends on the tribasic functional factor ...

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