We are living in an information era where technology has improved to its maximum level. In spite of many technological sectors, Internet of Things (IoT) has earned a massive attention from people as well as researchers, ...

Conducting polymers (CPs) have gained increasing attention owing to their strong potential as alternatives to their inorganic counterparts. Among several CPs, polypyrrole and polyaniline has been identified as active ...

Lung cancer is the most prevailing cancer in the world and it’s responsible for 1.7 million deaths annually. Bronchiectasis is a significant cause of respiratory morbidity. In this study a total number of 25 (Bronchiectasis-09, ...

The present study was carried out in Oluvil during the period of 2000. The socioeconomic data of randomly selected 95 fishermen was obtained through pre-tested structured questionnaire, in-depth guided interview and ...

Screening for salt tolerance at early growth stages under laboratory conditions using effective salinity indices like root length, shoot length, plant biomass etc. is an efficient method compared to screening under field ...

Chronic Kidney Disease of unknown etiology (CKDu) that emerged in the North Central Province in the mid-1990s is a leading concern at present in Sri Lanka. Though the root cause of CKDu is still mysterious, it is found to ...

The maize weevil, Sitophilus zeamaise is a common pest of Sri Lanka, although it is found in all cereal grains and cereal productions. The objective of this study is to investigate the effect of some medicinal plants against ...

As photosynthesis is the basic process during which light energy is absorbed and converted into organic matter, the importance of the plant pigment chlorophyll (a and b forms), carotenoids and anthocyanin are very ...

Plants are known to produce an incredible diversity of secondary metabolites with a wide range of biological activities. As a continuation of our research work on allelopathic activity studies of some medicinal plant ...