The electronic version of the Tropical Agricultural Research Volume 28, Number 1, 2016

ISSN: 1016.1422

 


 
 

Research Articles

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1 Quantitative Genetic Assessment of the Phosphorus Deficiency Tolerance in Selected F2 Progenies of Rice (Oryza sativa L.) Genotypes in Sri Lanka 1

Y.C. Aluwihare, R. Lelwala, D.R.R.P. Dissanayake, M.D.M. Chamikara, D.N. Sirisena, W.L.G. Samarasinghe  and S.D.S.S. Sooriyapathirana

 
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Impact of Variety and Seed Priming on Anaerobic Germination-Tolerance of Rice Varieties in Sri Lanka

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T.K. Illangakoon, E.S. Ella, A.M. Ismail, B. Marambe, R.S.K. Keerthisena, A.P. Bentota, and S. Kulatunge

 
3 Water conflicts among different water users and uses in the Hakwatuna Oya watershed in the Deduru Oya basin, Sri Lanka 38
N.G.R. Saumyarathna, E.R.N. Gunawardena and N.D.K. Dayawansa  
4 Recent changes of rainfall regime of Hakwatuna Oya watershed of Sri Lanka 50
A.C.S. Perera, B.V.R. Punyawardena and E.R.N. Gunawardena  
5 Morpho-genetic diversity and anti bacterial activity in the root extracts of nine Solanaceous species 64

D.T. Jeyakumar, U.H.A.J. De Silva, D.R.R.P. Dissanayake, M.D.M. Chamikara and S.D.S.S. Sooriyapathirana

 
6 Captive Breeding of Fire Shrimp, Lysmata Debelius, Under Sri Lankan Conditions 88

H.A.S.U. Hettiarachchi and U. Edirisinghe  
 
Short Communications
 
7 Clustering of a Selected Sri Lankan Rice Cultivars based on Morphology and Evaluating their Drought Responses using Relative Water Content 100
  A.D. Nagalla, D.V. Jayatilake, V. Herath, L.D.B. Suriyagoda and H.A.M. Wickramasinghe  
8 Practical Field Test on Newly Designed Burial Type Lowland Power Cultivator for Effective Weed Control in the North-Central Province, Sri Lanka 107
  G.V.T.V. Weerasooriya, D.N. Jayatissa and M. Rambanda