Tropical Agricultural Research

Leaf development and expansion in tea [Camellia sinensis (L.) Kuntze] and their relationships with thermal time: a case study

H.A.S.L. Jayasinghe, L.D.B. Suriyagoda, A.S. Karunaratne, M.A. Wijeratne

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18 Nov 2015

25(4):450-459

Use of information and communication technology (ICT) by extension officers of the tea small holdings development authority of Sri Lanka

B.A.D. Samansiri, W.A.D.P. Wanigasundera

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17 Nov 2015

25(4):460-475

Tariff endogeneity: effects of export price of desiccated coconuts on edible oil market in Sri Lanka

K.V.N.N. Jayalath, J. Weerahewa

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18 Nov 2015

25(4):476 – 486

Rice grain cooling using intermittent adsorption and desorption of water vapour: development of a mathematical model

H.K.P.P. Kariyawasam, K.S.P. Amaratunga, B.F.A. Basnayake, L.B.M.D.L. Priyadarshana, D.D.K. Galahitiyawa, K.G.W.U. Karunasinghe

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18 Nov 2015

25(4):487 – 501

A comparative phylogenic analysis of Exacum spp. of Sri Lanka with Osbeckia octandra (L.) DC.

S. Maheswaran, V.A. Sumanasinghe, P. Samaraweera

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18 Nov 2015

25(4):502 – 511

Concentrations of trace metals in selected land uses of a dry zone soil catena of Sri Lanka

F. Rosemary, U.W.A. Vitharana, S.P. Indraratne, S.V.R. Weerasooriya

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18 Nov 2015

25(4):512 – 522

Use of unobserved components model for forecasting non-stationary time series: a case of annual national coconut production in Sri Lanka

N.K.K. Brintha, S. Samita, N.R. Abeynayake, I.M.S.K. Idirisinghe, A.M.D.P. Kumarathunga

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18 Nov 2015

25(4):523 – 531

Effect of cadmium on growth parameters and plant accumulation in different rice (Oryza sativa L.) varieties in Sri Lanka

H.M.D.A.K. Herath, D. C. Bandara, P.A. Weerasinghe, M.C.M. Iqbal, H.C.D. Wijayawardhana

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18 Nov 2015

25(4):532 – 542

Potential of pre-harvest application of Burkholderia spinosa for Biological control of epiphytic and pathogenic microorganisms on the phyllosphere of banana (Musa spp.)

Y.M.U.K. Yapa Silva, D.M. De Costa

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18 Nov 2015

25(4):543 – 554

Response of potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) to increasing growing season temperature under different Soil management and crop protection regimes in the upcountry of Sri Lanka

K.M.R.D. Abhayapala, W.A.J.M. De Costa, R.M. Fonseka, K. Prasannath, D.M. De Costa, L.D.B. Suriyagoda, P.D. Abeythilakeratne, M.M. Nugaliyadde

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18 Nov 2015

25(4):555 – 569

Diversity of grain quality characteristics of traditional rice (Oryza sativa L.) varieties in Sri Lanka

S.P. Rebeira, H.A.M. Wickramasinghe, W.L.G. Samarasinghe, B.D.R. Prashantha

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18 Nov 2015

25(4):570 – 578

Who makes it click? understanding the stakeholders in agricultural innovation systems in tripura state of India

Suchiradipta Bhattacharjee, R. Saravanan

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18 Nov 2015

25(4):579 – 594