The aim of the research was to identify the factors which influence the academic performance and the drop out of students in Sri Lankan Universities. The major findings are given below:- 1. GCE A Level aggregate marks ...

The mass spectrometry application of fast heavy ion induced desorption (FHIID) and the results of a mechanistic study of this phenomenon using scanning force microscopy are presented as the two main works in this thesis. ...

The brine shrimp, Artemia parthenogenetica, occurs naturally in solar salterns in Sri Lanka. In the Mahalewaya saltern, Hambantota, natural populations of Artemia inhabit condenser pans where salinity and temperature ...

Shade tolerance capabilities of nine grain legume cultivars belonging to three V'bgna species were evaluated at Bandirippuwa estate, Lunuwila, by growing them in full sunlight and under shade cloth providing 30, 50, 70 ...

The problem this study attempts to answer may be briefly described as follows. How can a factorial experiment be designed in a simple manner making use of whatever available blocks (which may or may not allow equal replication ...

Several aspects of the biological activity of fluazifop-butyl, a new selective, post-emergence herbicide for grass-weed control, were investigated with particular reference to its action against couch-grass (Agropyron ...

Cylindrocladium quinqueseptatum Boedijn & Reitsma causes seedling blight and extensive defoliation on a wide variety of plants and the fungus is widely distributed in the humid tropics. In Sri Lanka, C. quinqueseptatum ...

The biology of an endemic Sri Lankan rock frog Nannophrys ceylonensis and it’s semi-terrestrial larvae was studied over a three year period. This frog lives on wet surfaces of exposed rocks along streams and roadcuts in ...

A survey was carried out on the mycorrhizal associations in some indigenous wet zone trees of Sri Lanka. The study area was a lowland tropical rain forest located in the wet zone of Sri Lanka. Root material of the ...

Mosquitoes transmit several diseases to humans. The blood feeding behaviour of the mosquito and its ability to transmit pathogens in the course of blood-feeding are important aspects in the epidemiology of vector-borne ...