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Taxonomic value of the petiole anatomy in the genus Cinnamomum (Lauraceae) found in Sri Lanka 斯里兰卡樟科肉桂属叶柄解剖的分类价值
Ruhuna Journal of Science Pub Date : 2019-06-30 DOI: 10.4038/RJS.V10I1.47
P. D. Abeysinghe, T. Scharaschkin
{"title":"Taxonomic value of the petiole anatomy in the genus Cinnamomum (Lauraceae) found in Sri Lanka","authors":"P. D. Abeysinghe, T. Scharaschkin","doi":"10.4038/RJS.V10I1.47","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4038/RJS.V10I1.47","url":null,"abstract":"We assessed the petiole anatomy of 8 species of Sri Lankan Cinnamomum (C. capparu-coronde, C. citriodorum, C. dubium, C. litseaefolium, C. ovalifolium, C. rivulorum and C. sinharajaense and C. verum) belonging to the family Lauraceae using light microscopy in the petiole anatomy for identification and classification of species. This is the first report on comprehensive petiole anatomy in Cinnamomum species. The distinctive, important and key taxonomic characteristics of the petiole include the shape and outline of the petiole, the presence of winged extensions, surface grooves on upper surface, presence or absence of trichomes, structure of vascular bundle and stone cell characters (shape, structure, pits and fissure size). These identified petiole characters provide the additional information for the identification of Cinnamomum species. Almost all the characters studied had little difference within a species but vary among the species. However, shape of epidermal cells was relatively constant for all species. All polymorphic characters were used for Principal Component Analysis (PCA) and species were divided into three main clusters. The PCA revealed that acicular crystals, cluster of crystals, trichomes and trichome abundance contribute to the first component that account for 31.76% total variance. Shape of the petiole, upper surface wings and raphides are the major loading characters to the second component. Therefore, anatomical structures of the petiole are useful in the identification and may help for crop improvement, conservation, management and future usefulness of germplasm resources of Cinnamomum species. \u0000Keywords. Cinnamomum, Lauraceae, PCA, petiole anatomy, taxonomy","PeriodicalId":56207,"journal":{"name":"Ruhuna Journal of Science","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43568281","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}
引用次数: 11
An ionic liquid based gel polymer electrolyte to be employed in power generating applications 一种用于发电应用的离子液体基凝胶聚合物电解质
Ruhuna Journal of Science Pub Date : 2018-12-31 DOI: 10.4038/RJS.V9I2.41
Wathsala Prasadini, K. Perera, K. Vidanapathirana
{"title":"An ionic liquid based gel polymer electrolyte to be employed in power generating applications","authors":"Wathsala Prasadini, K. Perera, K. Vidanapathirana","doi":"10.4038/RJS.V9I2.41","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4038/RJS.V9I2.41","url":null,"abstract":"Ionic liquid (IL) based gel polymer electrolytes (GPEs) are being investigated extensively at present as substitutes for conventional GPEs based on a polymer, a salt and solvents. The main reason behind this is the drawbacks in usage of solvents. IL based GPEs have been employed for energy storage devices such as batteries and super capacitors due to their interesting mechanical, physical and electrochemical properties. This study focused on synthesis preparation and characterization of an IL based GPE consisting of poly(vinylidene fluoride-co-hexafluoropropylene) (PVdF-co-HFP), zinc trifluoro metha -nesulfonate (Zn(CF3SO3)2 - ZnTF) and 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium trifluoromethanesulfonate (1E3MITF). Thin film samples were prepared using solvent casting method. The optimized composition was found to be 1 PVdF-co-HFP: 1 1E3MITF: 3 ZnTF (by weight basis). This mechanically stable, thin film has the maximum room temperature conductivity of 7.42×10-3 S cm-1. Conductivity variation with temperature follows Vogel - Tamman - Fulcher (VTF) behavior confirming the relation of conductivity mechanism with the free volume theory. The IL based GPE is a purely an ionic conductor having a considerable anionic contribution. It shows stability up to 2.5 V which is very much convenient from a practical point of view. Oxidation and reduction of Zn takes place at the potentials of 0.5 V and –0.5 V, respectively. In addition, Zn platting and stripping occurs only on the Zn electrodes but not on the stainless steel (SS) electrodes. Impedance measurements taken for the GPE continuously for a long period of time exhibited a satisfactory stability with Zn electrodes.","PeriodicalId":56207,"journal":{"name":"Ruhuna Journal of Science","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45311502","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}
引用次数: 0
Rainfall Trends and Variability over Onitsha, Nigeria 尼日利亚奥尼察的降雨趋势和变化
Ruhuna Journal of Science Pub Date : 2018-12-31 DOI: 10.4038/RJS.V9I2.40
A. Oloruntade, K. O. Mogaji, O. Imoukhuede
{"title":"Rainfall Trends and Variability over Onitsha, Nigeria","authors":"A. Oloruntade, K. O. Mogaji, O. Imoukhuede","doi":"10.4038/RJS.V9I2.40","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4038/RJS.V9I2.40","url":null,"abstract":"Analysis of trend and variability in rainfall can provide the necessary information required for water resources planning and management in any geographical setting. Therefore, the present study applied standard tests to investigate rainfall trends and variability using monthly, seasonal and annual series over Onitsha, Nigeria between 1971 and 2008. Rainfall variability index revealed the year 1983 as the driest (-2.38) and 1997, the wettest (+2.0), with more dry years observed between 2000 and 2008. Variability was relatively low annually as compared to seasonal and monthly series. September (15.8%) has the highest contributions to total annual rainfall, while January contributed the least (0.6%). Seasonally, about 40% of the annual rainfall was received in June-July-August (JJA), while the lowest rainfall was during December-January-February (DJF) (3.75%). Trends were mostly insignificant on monthly basis with 5 of the 12 months exhibiting negative trends, while only January depicted positive significant trend (p< 0.05). Similarly, only JJA exhibited insignificant upward trend while other seasons showed downward trends that are also not significant. On the annual basis, an insignificant negative trend was observed for the period under study. Hence, farmers and water resources managers may need to develop appropriate management strategies which include construction of more water storage and diversion structures such as reservoirs and dams to combat recurrent flooding during summer seasons and potential future water scarcity in the area. \u0000Keywords. Onitsha, rainfall, trend analysis, variability index","PeriodicalId":56207,"journal":{"name":"Ruhuna Journal of Science","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48625203","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}
引用次数: 13
Comparative study of thermophysical properties of Nickel in liquid phase 镍液相热物理性质的比较研究
Ruhuna Journal of Science Pub Date : 2018-12-31 DOI: 10.4038/RJS.V9I2.39
N. Nenuwe, E. Agbalagba, E. Enaibe
{"title":"Comparative study of thermophysical properties of Nickel in liquid phase","authors":"N. Nenuwe, E. Agbalagba, E. Enaibe","doi":"10.4038/RJS.V9I2.39","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4038/RJS.V9I2.39","url":null,"abstract":"The results of molecular dynamics simulations of the self-diffusion coefficient (SDC) and viscosity coefficient (VC) of liquid nickel (Ni) in a temperature range of 1720 – 2500K are presented. The temperature dependence of the SDC is determined numerically by molecular simulations with the Embedded Atom Method Finnis-Sinclair (EAMFS) potential as implemented in the Virtual Nano Lab 2017.2. The temperature dependence agrees with the Arrhenius law. Results obtained for SDC are found to overestimate available experimental results, while results for VC underestimated experimental values. Also, the validity of Stokes-Einstein relation was tested in liquid Ni and was found to be valid at all temperatures.","PeriodicalId":56207,"journal":{"name":"Ruhuna Journal of Science","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43154405","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}
引用次数: 1
Detecting and correcting real-word errors in Tamil sentences 泰米尔语句子中实词错误的检测与纠正
Ruhuna Journal of Science Pub Date : 2018-12-31 DOI: 10.4038/RJS.V9I2.43
Ratnasingam Sakuntharaj, S. Mahesan
{"title":"Detecting and correcting real-word errors in Tamil sentences","authors":"Ratnasingam Sakuntharaj, S. Mahesan","doi":"10.4038/RJS.V9I2.43","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4038/RJS.V9I2.43","url":null,"abstract":"Spell checkers concern two types of errors namely non-word errors and real-word errors. Non-word errors can be of two categories: First one is that the word itself is invalid; the other is that the word is valid but not present in a valid lexicon. Real-word error means the word is valid but inappropriate in the context of the sentence. An approach to correcting real-word errors in Tamil language is proposed in this paper. A bigram probability model is constructed to determine appropriateness of the valid word in the context of the sentence using a 3GB volume of corpora of Tamil text. In case of lacking appropriateness, the word is marked as a real-word error and minimum edit distance technique is used to find lexically similar words, and the appropriateness of such words is measured by a word-level n-gram language probability model. A hash table with word-length as the key is used to speed up the search for words to check for the lexical similarity. Words of lengths of m-1 to m+1 are considered with m being the length of the word found to be ‘inappropriate’. Test results show that the suggestions generated by the system are with more than 98% accuracy as approved by a Scholar in Tamil.","PeriodicalId":56207,"journal":{"name":"Ruhuna Journal of Science","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48963390","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}
引用次数: 13
Rainfall and potential evapotranspiration patterns and their effects on climatic water balance in the Western Lithoral Hydrological Zone of Nigeria 降雨和潜在蒸散模式及其对尼日利亚西部沿海水文带气候水平衡的影响
Ruhuna Journal of Science Pub Date : 2018-12-31 DOI: 10.4038/RJS.V9I2.45
Ed Ashaolu, K. Iroye
{"title":"Rainfall and potential evapotranspiration patterns and their effects on climatic water balance in the Western Lithoral Hydrological Zone of Nigeria","authors":"Ed Ashaolu, K. Iroye","doi":"10.4038/RJS.V9I2.45","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4038/RJS.V9I2.45","url":null,"abstract":"This study examined the climatic water balance and aridity in the Western Lithoral hydrological zone of Nigeria. Monthly climatic data from 1976-2015 collected from six Nigeria Metrological Agency (NIMET) stations located in Ikeja, Ibadan, Akure, Abeokuta, Osogbo and Ilorin were used. The climatic variables are rainfall amount, temperature, sunshine hour, relative humidity and wind speed. The FAO Penman-Monteith method was adopted in estimating the potential evapotranspiration (PET). Water balance was determined from PET and rainfall amount. The spatial and temporal pattern of rainfall amount and PET were evaluated using universal kriging interpolation method, Mann-Kendall and regression trend analysis. The results of the Mann-Kendall and regression trend analysis revealed a statistically significant (Z= 2.74, P= 0.005) upward trend in rainfall amount between 1976 and 2015. Similarly, a statistically significant (Z= 4.40, p= 0.001) increasing trend was observed in PET during the same period. Six months of water surplus (May-October) and six months of water deficit (November-April) were identified. Overall, 27 years of water deficit was discovered over the 40 years period. Water balance pattern revealed the highest annual mean water surplus (324.51 mm) in the hinterland of Idanre, Akure, and Owo rather than the coastal city of Ikeja which can be attributed to orographic effect in the hinterland. The study area with a mean Aridity index (AI) of 0.94 can still be regarded as humid environment, although the spatial variability of AI indicates that the northern part is tending towards a dry sub-humid condition (AI= 0.76). This study recommends conservation of water surplus in the wet months for the augmentation of deficit in the dry months; this will not only boost agricultural production, but also alleviate water supply problem in the study area. \u0000Keywords. Aridity index, potential evapotranspiration, water balance.","PeriodicalId":56207,"journal":{"name":"Ruhuna Journal of Science","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47953329","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}
引用次数: 11
Effect of Partially Purified Enterocins from Enterococcus faecalis Strains on the Growth of Some Phytopathogenic Fungi 部分纯化粪肠球菌肠毒素对几种植物病原真菌生长的影响
Ruhuna Journal of Science Pub Date : 2018-12-31 DOI: 10.4038/RJS.V9I2.44
O. M. David, O. E. Onifade
{"title":"Effect of Partially Purified Enterocins from Enterococcus faecalis Strains on the Growth of Some Phytopathogenic Fungi","authors":"O. M. David, O. E. Onifade","doi":"10.4038/RJS.V9I2.44","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4038/RJS.V9I2.44","url":null,"abstract":"Plant protection is an important area which needs attention since most of the hazardous inputs added into agricultural systems are in form of synthetic chemicals. The inhibitory activity of partially purified enterocins (PPEs) produced by Enterococcus faecalis strains on plant pathogenic fungi was investigated in this study. The PPEs were preliminarily screened against bacteria using agar-well diffusion method. The active extracts were partially purified using ion exchange chromatography. The in vitro anti-fungal properties of the PPEs were determined using agar dilution and broth dilution techniques. The PPEs tested in this study inhibited the growth of Botryodiplodia theobromae, Aspergillus niger, Pythium ultimum, Penicillium expansum and Fusarium oxysporum. At different concentrations PPEs had varying inhibitory effects on the dry mycelial weight of Pythium ultimum and F. oxysporum. At the 96th hour of the experiment, enterocin UNAD 012 had higher percentage inhibition ranging between 37.63 and 84.11% than enterocin UNAD 046 with percentage inhibition ranging between 28.77% and 67.27% on the test fungi. This inhibitory activity of enterocins produced by E. faecalis on fungi makes them as potential biocontrol agents due to their ability in suppressing their growth. \u0000Keywords. Bacteriocin, enterocins, Enterococcus faecalis, fungi, phytopathogens.","PeriodicalId":56207,"journal":{"name":"Ruhuna Journal of Science","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45821884","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}
引用次数: 3
Study on effectiveness and user satisfaction of anti-inflammatory ointment of Curcuma albiflora Thw. in Bentota divisional secretariat, Southern Sri Lanka 姜黄抗炎软膏的疗效及用户满意度研究。在斯里兰卡南部本托塔分区秘书处
Ruhuna Journal of Science Pub Date : 2018-12-31 DOI: 10.4038/RJS.V9I2.42
I. Herath, T.D.C.M.K. Wijayasiriwardene, G. Premakumara
{"title":"Study on effectiveness and user satisfaction of anti-inflammatory ointment of Curcuma albiflora Thw. in Bentota divisional secretariat, Southern Sri Lanka","authors":"I. Herath, T.D.C.M.K. Wijayasiriwardene, G. Premakumara","doi":"10.4038/RJS.V9I2.42","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4038/RJS.V9I2.42","url":null,"abstract":"Under the same Sinhalese vernacular name, three plants (C. albiflora Thw., C. zedoaria Rosc., and Zingiber zerumbet Smith.) are being reported. Amongst them, C. albiflora is an endangered and less explored plant. The current study was conducted to study anti-inflammatory activity of the ointment, which was produced using C. albiflora. Clinical trial was conducted using 175 people in community based centers in two gramaniladari divisions of Bentota Divisional Secretariat, Southern Province of Sri Lanka. Patients were asked to complete a structured questionnaire based on which treatment (98 indicidials) and placebo (77 individuals) group was identified. Treatment was conducted for two weeks and the results monitored by the two traditional medicine (TM) doctors used for the analysis. Comparisons by chi square test showed that TM users and non-users did not differ with respect to previous side effects and current inflammatory condition (P<0.05). By binary logistic regression analysis, a treatment group satisfaction was about 88 times the chance of the placebo group. The binary logistic models indicated that patients with age more than 60 years, female, previous traditional medicine users, duration of current anti-inflammatory condition not less than one year were more likely to effectively response. Ointment of C. albiflora Thw. showed significant anti-inflammatory activity.","PeriodicalId":56207,"journal":{"name":"Ruhuna Journal of Science","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41866522","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}
引用次数: 0
Comparative study of the Nutritional, Phytochemical and Mineral Compositions of the nuts of Tropical Almond (Terminalia catappa) and Sweet Almond (Prunus amygdalus) 热带杏仁(Terminalia catappa)和甜杏仁(Prunus amygdalus)坚果营养、植物化学和矿物质成分的比较研究
Ruhuna Journal of Science Pub Date : 2018-06-30 DOI: 10.4038/rjs.v9i1.37
R. Salawu, Akudo Francilia Onyegbula, I. Lawal, S. Akande, A. Oladipo
{"title":"Comparative study of the Nutritional, Phytochemical and Mineral Compositions of the nuts of Tropical Almond (Terminalia catappa) and Sweet Almond (Prunus amygdalus)","authors":"R. Salawu, Akudo Francilia Onyegbula, I. Lawal, S. Akande, A. Oladipo","doi":"10.4038/rjs.v9i1.37","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4038/rjs.v9i1.37","url":null,"abstract":"The study was conducted to compare the nutritional, phytochemical and mineral compositions of Tropical almond with Sweet almond. Sample of Terminalia catappa nuts were collected within the premises of Nigerian Stored Products Research Institute (NSPRI), Ilorin, Nigeria while Prunus amygdalus was purchased from Shoprite Palms Mall Ilorin, Nigeria. Proximate, phytochemical and mineral analyses were carried out using standard procedures. Results showed that T. catappa was significantly (p 0.05) was recorded in their protein contents (33.00 and 32.89% respectively). P. amygdalus was significantly (p<0.05) high in phytochemicals such as tannin (748.49µg/g), phenols (1,781.50 µg/g), flavonoids (456.38 µg/g), saponin (158.70 µg/g) and alkaloids (240.11µg/g) while T. catappa was significantly (p<0.05) high in glycosides (220.27µg/g).The differences in phytochemicals might be due to the differences in drying and other processing methods. T. catappa can well compete with P. amygdalus if the value chain is improved upon by proper packaging and storage for commercial purposes. \u0000 \u0000Keywords. Almond, nuts, nutrition, Ilorin, Nigeria","PeriodicalId":56207,"journal":{"name":"Ruhuna Journal of Science","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46278123","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}
引用次数: 4
Structural and functional responses of xylem in Rhizophora mucronata Lam. seedlings under drought and hypersaline conditions 根霉木质部的结构和功能响应。干旱和高盐条件下的幼苗
Ruhuna Journal of Science Pub Date : 2018-06-30 DOI: 10.4038/RJS.V9I1.38
N. Dissanayake, K. Kodikara, S. Premachandra, L. Jayatissa
{"title":"Structural and functional responses of xylem in Rhizophora mucronata Lam. seedlings under drought and hypersaline conditions","authors":"N. Dissanayake, K. Kodikara, S. Premachandra, L. Jayatissa","doi":"10.4038/RJS.V9I1.38","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4038/RJS.V9I1.38","url":null,"abstract":"Water translocation in mangrove seedlings is often affected by water stress conditions such as drought, hyper-salinities and their frequent variations. This study was therefore aimed at studying the wood anatomical responses of xylem tissue and hydraulic conductivity of Rhizophora mucronata Lam., a common species in mangrove planting, under different levels of drought [25%, ~50% and ~100% of water holding capacity (WHC)] and soil salinity [high salinity (35 psu), moderate salinity (15 psu) and freshwater (0 psu)]. As wood anatomical responses, significantly higher vessel density, vessel grouping (P<0.001) along with narrow vessel elements (P<0.001) were observed in plants grown in the 25% and 50% WHCs and high salinity treatments. All these anatomical responses are more directed towards avoidance of vessel cavitation which is commonly found under water deficit conditions. The results showed that R. mucronata plants failed to maintain efficient transportation of water when the field capacity was 50% of WHC or lower and the level of salinity was 35 psu or greater, as evident by the reduction of water conductive areas, vessel areas and hydraulic conductivity (P<0.05). Overall, water use efficiency of R. mucronata seedlings under the imposed water stress conditions has remarkably reduced and it further indicated that such imposed stress conditions directly affect the survival of planted seedlings as depicted by the significantly low survival in 25% and 50% of WHCs and high salinity. Therefore, in-depth study on lagoon hydrology including inundation levels, water depth, salinity and the selection of correct tidal positioning is highly recommended as prerequisites in mangrove planting. \u0000 \u0000Keywords. Hydraulic architecture, hydraulic conductivity, mangroves, restoration, water stress.","PeriodicalId":56207,"journal":{"name":"Ruhuna Journal of Science","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46557478","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}
引用次数: 4
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