Ecotourism based on sustainable use of natural resources provides opportunities to diversify pathways for income generation, employment, environment conservation and preservation/ enhancement of aesthetic value of landscapes. ...

Fungi are one of the major causative agents of plant diseases. They damage plants by causing cell death or by causing plant stresses. Chemical fungicides which are commonly used to control fungal pathogens reported to cause ...

Urease is a nickel containing enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of urea into ammonia and carbon dioxide, thus providing nitrogen in the form of ammonia for the growth of plants. Enzyme urease is found in bacteria, fungi, ...

Betel is an export agriculture crop grown as an intercrop throughout Sri Lanka. The Sri Lankan betel growers are disorganized and not adhering to standard production practices recommended by the Department of Export ...

Nutritional compounds in yams may leach out to the cooking water under most traditional domestic cooking. Finding alternative uses of these waste waters without discarding, will maximize the health benefits of these yams. ...

Trypsin is one of the widely distributed serine proteases in living organisms, which is involved in vital physiological functions. In spite of its involvement in survival of the organisms, it was reported that trypsin is ...

Traditional medicine may provide leads for potential new therapeutics. Sri Lanka is home to numerous plant species with reported anti-cancer properties according to traditional medical practices. Further, polyphenolic ...

Unlike the days when large amounts of animal and plant tissue or tissue fluid were needed to obtain a small amount of protein, recombinant protein technology has revolutionized as a go to approach to obtain purified proteins. ...

UV radiation can be categorized into three as UV-A (320 – 410 nm), UV – B (280 – 320 nm) and UV-C (200 – 280 nm) where UV-B radiation is considered as one of the main causes of skin damage leading to sunburn and skin ...

The Paspanguwa herbal formulation is commonly consumed as a traditional medicine in Sri Lanka. Paspanguwa consists of five ingredients, namely the rhizome of Zingiber officinale (Inguru), leaves and stem of Hedyotis corymbosa ...