{"title":"Community perception, awareness, and knowledge of coastal erosion with special reference to the South-Eastern coastal region, Oluvil, Ampara, Sri Lanka","authors":"S. Begum, M. Mufeeth, R. Rameez","doi":"10.4038/rjs.v12i2.107","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4038/rjs.v12i2.107","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":56207,"journal":{"name":"Ruhuna Journal of Science","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45947084","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
W. Wijeweera, K. Senaratne, K. Dhileepan, M. D. De Silva
{"title":"Determination of the distribution of Calotropis gigantea (L.) in Sri Lanka using MaxEnt modelling technique","authors":"W. Wijeweera, K. Senaratne, K. Dhileepan, M. D. De Silva","doi":"10.4038/rjs.v12i2.108","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4038/rjs.v12i2.108","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":56207,"journal":{"name":"Ruhuna Journal of Science","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47296928","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
W. Wickramasinghe, T. Priyadarshani, U. Herath, W. Egodawatta, D. Beneragama, U. Sirisena
{"title":"Effect of Nitrogen fertilizer, weed control and seed rate on incidence and severity of narrow brown leaf spot in rice cultivation under the dry zone of Sri Lanka","authors":"W. Wickramasinghe, T. Priyadarshani, U. Herath, W. Egodawatta, D. Beneragama, U. Sirisena","doi":"10.4038/rjs.v12i2.109","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4038/rjs.v12i2.109","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":56207,"journal":{"name":"Ruhuna Journal of Science","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45500398","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Formulation and quality assessment of tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum) cordial with xanthan stabilizer","authors":"M. R. Roshana, M. Mufeeth, U. Majeed","doi":"10.4038/rjs.v12i2.104","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4038/rjs.v12i2.104","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":56207,"journal":{"name":"Ruhuna Journal of Science","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45489605","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
C. M. D. Samaraweera, S. R. Hettiarachchi, J. Hewage, E. Edirisinghe, A. D. Brinili
{"title":"Analysis of physicochemical parameters and selected potentially toxic elements to assess the water quality of Kattakaduwa reservoir in Hambanthota district, Sri Lanka","authors":"C. M. D. Samaraweera, S. R. Hettiarachchi, J. Hewage, E. Edirisinghe, A. D. Brinili","doi":"10.4038/rjs.v12i2.105","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4038/rjs.v12i2.105","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":56207,"journal":{"name":"Ruhuna Journal of Science","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43632427","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Elastic and mechanical properties of cubic metal arsenides (Ga, In and Al) under high-pressure: a simulation study","authors":"N. Nelson, Umukoro Judith","doi":"10.4038/rjs.v12i1.96","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4038/rjs.v12i1.96","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":56207,"journal":{"name":"Ruhuna Journal of Science","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-09-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43794116","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Environmental and social impact of a mini-hydropower plant based on Sudu Ganga in Sri Lanka","authors":"H. Herath, R. Prabodanie, M. T. M. T. Wijewicrama","doi":"10.4038/rjs.v12i1.99","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4038/rjs.v12i1.99","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":56207,"journal":{"name":"Ruhuna Journal of Science","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-09-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47489394","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Forest resources as ecotourism attraction: Cross River National Park, Nigeria","authors":"B. Adetola, A. Alarape, I. A. Ayodele","doi":"10.4038/rjs.v12i1.98","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4038/rjs.v12i1.98","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":56207,"journal":{"name":"Ruhuna Journal of Science","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-09-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48101947","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Mass production of the nematode Acrobeloides longiuterus using Tribolium castaneum and artificial solid media","authors":"N. Thiruchchelvan, G. Thirukkumaran, G. Mikunthan","doi":"10.4038/rjs.v12i1.97","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4038/rjs.v12i1.97","url":null,"abstract":"Free-living nematode Acrobeloides longiuterus (Rhabditida: Cephalobidae) exhibits a potential to kill some insect pests. Mass production of this species is a requirement for use it in pest management programs. Tribolium castaneum has been used as a primary host for this nematode as an alternative for Galleria mellonella. Use of artificial media is another option for mass culturing and such recipes based on soy flour are available. Production of A. longiuterus using cost effective method and easily available insect host is important in setting up of small-scale production unit. Therefore, this study has the objectives of evaluating the production feasibility of A. longiuterus on T. castaneum larvae, pupae and adults as in vivo production method. Further, feasibility of using different solid media such as soy flour, palmyra tuber flour, corn flour, black gram flour and dhal flour with other basic ingredients as in vitro conditions system was evaluated. Results revealed that pupa of T. castaneum yielded the highest number of infective juveniles (36112 IJs/ pupa) compared to other life stages tested. In vitro production of A. longiuterus on soy flour and black gram flour media yielded 21530 and 16538 IJs/20g, respectively. Pathogenicity against T. castaneum was shown up to 93% by the infective juveniles produced from the in vitro cultures. In conclusion, T. castaneum is an alternative insect that can be used as a host to produce the A. longiuterus. In addition, soy flour and black gram flour can be used as the sources for this nematode production without losing their entomopathogenicity.","PeriodicalId":56207,"journal":{"name":"Ruhuna Journal of Science","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-09-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46990165","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}