The effects of soil moisture stress on the relative water content (RWC), stomatal resistance (RS), transpiration rate (TR) and the yield of mungbean (cv. MI-6) were studied during the vegetative, flowering and pod-filling ...

Fish is the major source of cheap animal protein for the cereal based diet of the people in Batticaloa. Fish provide high quality protein, vitamins, minerals, lipids and carbohydrates. The major problem that confronts ...

A study was conducted to assess the productive and reproductive performance and related to the effects of environmental factors and animal factors of Sahiwal cattle in the dry zone of Sri Lanka. Data was collected on ...

This paper explores the relationship between per capita carbon dioxide emissions and per capita income for Sri Lanka, Japan and United States. Unit root tests carried out showed that these variables are nonstationary. Since ...

The study attempted to analyze the impact of using different types of combine harvesters namely Balkar, Standard, Claas and Agrotech for harvesting paddy on timeliness, harvesting cost and labour use and evaluate ...

Whitefly is a worldwide pest causing yield loss and economic injury in many crop species including brinjal plants. The integrated control concept emphasizes the importance of biological control for pest suppression in ...

Quality of life of people is an important concern in economic and Political Science. Quality of Life defines a person’s sense of well-being that stems from satisfaction or dissatisfaction with the areas of life. Even though ...

This paper is based on the hypothesis that the (expansion of) human population is the major factor of influence affecting the effectivity of the environmental management system/s in any urban centre; hence the population ...