ASDA Annals 2017

- Variability in maturity duration and yield of some popular rice varieties over climatic zone, season and location
- Effect of cooking on ascorbic acid and total polyphenol content and antioxidant activity of selected vegetables
- Influence of companion crops on sucking Pest complex of tomato
- Development of pomegranate hybrids
- Farmers’ practices of herbicide usage: reflection on importance of weed management practices
- Preliminary validation of potato late blight forecasting models to predict the initial occurrence of disease and its management by fungicide spraying
- Analysis of advice quality in crop clinics on rice problems in Sri Lanka
- Improvement of yellow passion fruit (Passiflora edulis F. flavicarpa) through recurrent selection
- Termiticidal activity of bifenthrin and fipronil against mound building termite Odontotermes redemanni wasmann
- Impact of varieties, spacing and seedling management on growth and yield of mechanicaly transplanted rice
- Performance of seed tuber pieces of potato as planting material under Up Country Wet zone conditions
- Inter seasonal variability of the rainfall pattern in the Dry zone of Sri Lanka with the influence of el nino southern oscillation (enso)
- Fecundity and oviposition behavior of Acerophagus papayae (hymenoptera: encyrtidae): A parasitoid of papaya mealybug (Paracoccus marginatus) (hemiptera: pseudococcidae)
- Yield and quality evaluation of potato varieties (Solanum tuberosum) grown in different Agro–ecological regions
- Effects of agronomic practices on (Vigna radiata (L.) Wilczek) production in rice-based cropping system: study on Thailand and Sri Lankan agronomic practices
- Development of geo-database to recommend suitable crops at village level in Sri Lanka
- Market level lapses of quality of vegetable seeds in Sri Lanka
- Cyber extension services in fulfilling information needs of a farmer community: A case study of Siyambalanduwa cyber extension unit
- Biology and management of Amaranthus stem borer (Hypolixus truncatulus) (coleoptera: curculionidae)
- Spatio-temporal variability of the quality of the irrigation water in a rice-other field crops cropping system in the mahaweli system 'H' of Sri Lanka
- Organic fertilizer enhances antioxidant activity, postharvest quality and shelf life of cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.)
- Ld 253: A short duration (85 days) variety with white long grain and high quality rice
- Physiological response and antioxidant activities of rice and grass weeds to flooding during germination
- In vitro shoot multiplication and tuberization of Dioscorea alata and Dioscorea bulbifera
- Determination of heavy metals in rice available in Kandy district, Sri Lanka

- Identification of salinity tolerant accessions of traditional rice variety ‘Pokkali’
- Bacterial bio innoculum as a renewable source of nitrogen for vegetable crops
- Investigation of combining ability and heterotic pattern of chilli (Capsicum annuum L.) Inbred lines for hybrid development
- Developing a tissue culture protocol for production of planting materials of papaya (Carica papaya L.) Hybrid
- Soil nutrient status of big onion growing areas in Anuradhapura district of Sri Lanka
- Effect of nutrient medium composotions in in vitro conservation of Musa spp
- Yield improvement of spine gourd through gynomonoecious hybrid
- Effects of climatic variation on rice yield: an economic analysis of lowland rice production in Sri Lanka
- Abundance and species richness of fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) in major cucurbit growing areas in Anuradhapura, Kurunegala and Kandy districts in Sri Lanka and farmers’ perception on recommended management methods
- Present status of pest management practices of rice farmers in Sri Lanka
- Effect of different mulching materials on soil water, yield and economics of four banana varieties on non-calcic brown soils in the Low Country Dry zone of Sri Lanka
- Genetic diversity analysis of brinjal (Solannum melongina L.) Accessions grown in Up Country Intermediate zone of Sri Lanka using morphological traits
- Identification of pests and diseases of curry leaf plant, Murraya koigii
- Impact of organic mulches on bulb yield of big onion (Allium cepa var. cepa) grown on redish brown earth (rhodustalfs) soils
- Revealing genetic purity of tomato (Solannum lycopersicon L.) variety “Thilina” based on morphological and molecular analysis
- Pesticide residues in selected vegetables in several growing areas by gc/ms using quechers technique
- Floral biology, pollination behavior and reproduction biology of bael fruit (Aegle marmelos L.) cultivars grown in low country Wet zone in Sri Lanka