Papers presented / published - Year 2000 - 2001

Abeysiriwardena D S de Z and CA Sandanayake 2000 Future rice research as directed by trends in cultivated extend and yield of rice during the recent past Annual Symposium of the Department of Agriculture, Sri Lanka. 2: 371-380

Abeysekera ASK and UB Wickrama 2000 Effect of tank mixures of quinclorac and propanil on weed control and growth and yield of rice (Oryza sativa) uchidae). Annual Symposium of the Department of Agriculture, Sri Lanka. 2: 1-8 

Abeysekera, SW and D S de Z Abeysiriwardena, 2000. Present status of research and development of hybrid rice technology in Sri Lanka. Annual Symposium of the Department of Agriculture, Sri Lanka

Bandara WMJ and LC Silva 2000. An assessment of micronutrient requirement for rice grown in low humic gley soils of the low country dry zone. Annual symposium of the Department of Agriculture, Sri Lanka. 2: 35-46 

Bandara WMJ and LC Silva 2000. Effect of applied micronutrient on growth and yield of rice grown in low humic gley soils of the low country dry zone. Journal of the soil science society of Sri Lanka. (in press)

Dharmasena CMD 2000 Cowpea resistance to Callobruchus maculatus (Coleoptera: Bruchidae). Annual Symposium of the Department of Agriculture, Sri Lanka. 2 71-80. 

Dissanayake DMN 2000 Significance of multi-locational screening for durable resistance to blast disease in rice. 

Gunadasa AH, L Nugaliyadde and JP Edirisinghe 2000. Development of gall midge resistant rice varieties Annual Symposium of the Department of Agriculture, Sri Lanka. 2: 101-112 

Hidaka T, L Nugaliyadde and LGI Samanmalee 2000 Integrated rice pest management in Sri Lanka. Agrochemicals Japan. 77: 21 –9

Nugaliyadde L, JP Edirisinghe and T Hidaka 2000 Role of weed hosts on the survival of paddy bug, Leptocorisa oratorius. uchidae). Annual Symposium of the Department of Agriculture, Sri Lanka. 2: 223-38. 

Nugaliyadde L, RM Wilkins 2000 Influence of surface lipids of some rice (Oryza sativa) varieties on feeding behaviour of Nilaparvata lugens (Hemiptera: Alydidae) uchidae). Annual Symposium of the Department of Agriculture, Sri Lanka. 2: 239-52 

Nugaliyadde L, DMN Dissanayake and J Mitrasena 2000 Advances in pest management of rice in Sri Lanka. A review). Annual Symposium of the Department of Agriculture, Sri Lanka. 2: 423

Nugaliyadde L, DMN Dissanayake, AAL Amarasinghe and ASK Abeysekera 2000 . Ned direction for pest, disease and weed management in rice. Rice Symposium 2000, Department of Agriculture, Peradeniya. 14-15 December

Nugaliyadde L.  2000. Improvement of integrated management of rice pests through an understanding of biology and ecology of paddy bug; Final Report Submitted to NSF Grant RG/ Ag 95 1

Kudagamage C. and L D P Prematilake & M H Mendis Micro tubers of potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) : in vitro conservation and tissue culture. 1999. J. Natn. Sci. Foundation Sri Lanka. 27 (1) : 17 – 28

Hidaka T and L Nugaliyadde. 2000. Establishment of a surveillance and forecasting system for rice pests in Sri Lanka. Terminal report submitted to JICA and Department of Agriculture, Sri Lanka. (un published) 

Katiyar, SK., G. Chandel, Y. Tan, Y. Zhang, B. Huang, L Nugaliyadde, K. Fernando, JS Bentur, S. Inthavon, S. Constantino and J Bennett. 2000. Biodiversity of Asian rice gall midge from five countries examines by ALFP analysis. Genome. 43: 322-332

L Nugaliyadde. 2001. Development of resistance to stored-grain pests to fumigants. Paper presented at the workshop on 'Novel technologies for post harvest pest control in Sri Lanka. SLAAS Colombo. July 13, 2001. 

Nugaliyadde L, DS de Z Abeysiriwardena, LGA Samanmalee, R. Pathirana and RM Wilkins, 2001. Inheritance of resistance in rice to brown planthopper: its implications on rice varietal improvement in Sri Lanka. ASDA 2001

Nugaliyadde L, Y. Yusa, T. Hidaka and AAL. Amarasinghe. 2001. Distribution of an alien snail, Pomacea bridgesii, in fresh water habitats and the potential threat to faunal diversity and rice cultivation in Sri Lanka . ASDA 2001

Nugaliyadde L. AAL Amarasinghe, T. Hidaka. 2001. The rice brown planthopper outbreak in 1997/98 maha season: a lesson to improve rice pest management strategies. ASDA 2001

Nugaliyadde L. D. Ahangama, K Jayathilake and T. Hidaka 2001. Impact of insecticides used for Rice leaffolder management in Sri Lanka. ASDA 2001

Rajapaksa RMT, CA Sandanayake and DB Pathinayake 2000 Foot proints in rice variety improvement and its impact on rice production in Sri Lanka. Annual Symposium of the Department of Agriculture, Sri Lanka. 2: 1-8 

Sirisena DN and D Atkinsion 2000 Use of cover crop to minimise nitrate loss from agricultural lands Annual Symposium of the Department of Agriculture, Sri Lanka. 2: 291-98 

Sirisena DN 2000 Phosphorous Requirement for Irrigated Low Land Rice Grown in Non Calcic Brown (NCB) soils Annual Symposium of the Department of Agriculture 2000, Plant Genetic Resources Centre, Gannoruwa 

Sirisena DN 2000 In-situ Extraction of Soil Solution using Rhizon Soil Moisture Sampler for Nitrate Determinationwas published in Journal of Soil Science Vol 12: 34-39pp. 

Sirisena DN 2000 Effect of Chemical Fertilizer and Animal Manure on Yiled of Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) in the Up Country Wet Zone of Sri Lanka(submitted for publication in Tropical Agriculturist). 

Weerakoon WMW, KT Ingram and DN Moss. 2000. Atmospheric carbon dioxide and fertiliser nitrogen effect on radiation interception by rice. Plant and Soil. 220; 99-106

Weerakoon WMW, A Abeysekera and C Wijesundera 2000 Agronomic strategies to increase rice yields in Sri Lanka Annual Symposium of the Department of Agriculture, Sri Lanka. 2: 435- 452 

Wickremasinghe WMDB and JDH Wijewardena 2000 Soil and nutrient management for increasing soil fertility towards increased paddy production in Sri Lanka. Annual Symposium of the Department of Agriculture, Sri Lanka. 2: 465-82

Wickremasinghe WMADB 2000. Improvement and sustenance of soil fertility – A key determinant of rice productivity in Sri Lanka: Paper presented at the International Workshop on Soil Fertility Management in Rice, held in Manila Philippine from 24 – 27 April

Wickremasinghe WMADB. 2000. Soil Fertility Management and Integrated Plant Nutrients Systems in Rice Cultivation. Paper presented at the Rice Symposium 2000, Department of Agriculture, Plant Genetic Resources Centre, Gannoruwa 14– 15 December 


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