The electronic version of the Tropical Agricultural Research Volume 29, Number 1, 2017

ISSN: 1016.1422

 


 
 

Research Articles

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Comparative  Assessment  of Newly Designed Burial  Type  Lowland Power Cultivator for Weed Control

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G.V.T.V. Weerasooriya, D.N. Jayatissa and M. Rambanda

 

 
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Classification of Geographical Origin of Sri Lankan Black Tea Using Discriminant Function Analysis

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T.U.S Peiris, C.K. Walgampaya, R.O. Thattil and I.S.B. Abeysinghe  
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Ensiling Property and Nutritional Quality of Palmyrah (Borassus flabellifer) Leaves Incorporated Corn (Zea mays) or Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) moench) Silage

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M. Sarmini, S. Premaratne, G.G.C. Premala and M.B.P. K. Mahipala  

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In silico Promoter Analysis Reveals Rice Wx Promoter Could be a TATA-less Promoter with a Putative Pyrimidine Rich Region

 

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K.R.D. Hemage and V.A. Sumanasinghe

 
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Impact of Adversity Quotient on Stress Levels of Middle-Level Managers of Non-Governmental   Organisation (NGO) Sector

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C.S.N. Somaratne, L.N.A.C. Jayawardena and B.M.K. Perera

 
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A  Protocol  for  In-vitro  Direct  Plant  Regeneration  from Leaf  Tissues  for  Micropropagation  of    Sugarcane

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D.N. Balagalla, A. Wijesuriya, N. P. Ranathunge and A.M.M.S. Perera

 

 
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Phenotypic  Marker  Based  Evaluation  of  Resistance  to  Haemonchus  contortus  in  Sri  Lankan   Indigenous Goats and Their Jamnapari Crossbreds

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M.S. Kurukulasuriya, G.L.L. P. Silva, C.M.B. Dematawewa, H.B.S. Ariyarathne, R.P.V.J. Rajapakshe, S.H.G. Wickramaratne, L.J.P.A.P. Jayasooriya, D.M.S. Munasinghe,              

L.G.S. Lokugalappatti and D.R. Notter

 

 
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Captive Breeding of Hippocampus reidi Ginsburg, 1933 (Longsnout Seahorse) in Sri Lanka under  Artificial Conditions

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H.A.S.U. Hettiarachchi  and U. Edirisinghe

 

 
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Phenotypic Screening of Rice Varieties for Tolerant to Salt Stress at Seed Germination, Seedling and Maturity Stages

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R.M.N.H. Senanayake, H.M.V.G. Herath, I.P. Wickramesinghe, U.A.K.S. Udawela and  D.N. Sirisena

 
 
 
Short Communications
 
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Cost-benefit  Analysis  on  Introduction  of  Macrobrachium  rosenbergii  (De  Man,  1879)  in  Puthumurippu Medium Perennial Reservoir in Sri Lanka

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R. Rajeevan, U. Edirisinghe and A.R.S.B. Athauda