The electronic version of the Tr

The electronic version of the Tropical Agricultural Research Volume 21, Number 4, 2010

ISSN: 1016.1422

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	Research Articles	Page

1.	Nutritional Status of under 5 Year-Old Children and its Relationship with Maternal Nutrition Knowledge in Weeraketiya DS division of Sri Lanka	330
	T.D.R. Peiris and D.G.N.G. Wijesinghe
2	Open Dump Simulation for Estimation of Pollution Levels in Wet Tropical Climates	340
	R.T.K. Ariyawansha, B.F.A. Basnayake, K.P.M.N. Pathirana and A.S.H. Chandrasena
3	Effect of Submerged and Floating Plants on Dissolved Oxygen Dynamics and Nitrogen Removal in Constructed Wetlands	353
	B.G.N. Sewwandi, S.K. Weragoda, M.I.M. Mowjood, N. Tanaka and S. Sasikala
4	GIS Based Analysis of Biophysical and Socio - Economic Factors for Land Degradation in Kandaketiya DS Division	361
	K.D.B.L. Jayarathne, N.D.K. Dayawansa and R. P. De Silva
5	Design Challenge of Converting Thirupperumthurai Dumpsite Quarry to a Landfill Bioreactor	368
	S.A.D.N. Senevirathne, B.F.A. Basnayake, A.S.H. Chandrasena and N.P. Rathnayake
6	Evaluation of Reactivity and Inhibitions in Developing Municipal Solid Waste Landfill Bioreactors for Tropical Climatic Conditions	378
	H.A.Y.R. Gunarathna, S.A. Karunarathne, B.F.A. Basnayake, T. Sangeetha and L.W. Galagedara
7	Effect of Silkworm Pupae Compost on Soil N mineralization,Nutrient Uptake, Crop Yield and Plant Nutrient Contents of French Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.)	391
	A.P. Heenkende and V.R.R. Parama
8	Use of Growth Hormone Gene Polymorphism in Selecting Osmanabadi and Sangamneri Goats	398
	S.H.G. Wickramaratne, B.R. Ulmek, S.P. Dixit, S. Kumar and M.K. Vyas
9	Development of a Leguminous Leaf Meal Blocks as an Animal Feed	412
	S.C. Somasiri, S. Premaratne, H.A.J. Gunathilake, H.A. Abeysoma and J.H.M.N. Satsara
Short Communications

10	A Key for Identification of Deltocephaline Genera (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) Associated with Vegetable Ecosystem in Sri Lanka.	421
	R. Gnaneswaran, K.S. Hemachandra, H.N.P. Wijayagunasekara and D. Ahangama
11	Coastal Communities’ Attitudes towards Conservation of Freshwater Turtle in Ampara District	427
	S. Kirupakaran and S. Thiruchelvam