Traditional rice cultivars in Sri Lanka have diverse characteristics that prove the excellent potential for utilizing them for varietal improvement. Seventy-one Sri Lankan traditional rice cultivars obtained from Plant Genetic Resources Center, Gannoruwa, Sri Lanka were used for...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2019/v27i430083
Aims: To understand the changes in yield potential of traditional rice cultivars with different plant height, tillers per plant, fertility and days to maturity. Study Design: Completely randomized block design with four replicates. Twenty plants were evaluated in each replicate....
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/12042
Aims: To study the different levels of inorganic fertilizer on filled grain percentage of fifty Sri Lankan traditional rice cultivars. Study Design: RCBD with four replicates. Twenty plants of each replicate were evaluated. Place and Duration of Study: A field experiment was carr...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/12571
Study on Flowering Time SSR Marker RM 248 in Traditional Rice Accessions in Sri Lanka Aims: To study the diversity of flowering time locus RM248 in some traditional rice cultivars in Sri Lanka and compare it with days to flowering of studied rice cultivars. Study Design: A field...
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Research Article10.9734/BBJ/2014/12569
Aims: To study the diversity of traditional rice genotypes in Sri Lanka using cluster analysis and principle component analysis. Study Design: The experiment was carried out using one hundred rice genotypes with six modern rice cultivars and ninety four traditional rice cultivar...
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Research Article10.9734/BBJ/2014/12547
Aims: To understand the relationship between individual trait and yield of one hundred rice cultivars according to Pearson’s correlation coefficient. Study Design: Completely randomized block design with four replicates. Twenty plants were evaluated in each replicate and eighty p...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2014/12050
Aims: to understand the effect of various polygenic traits on grain yield of traditional rice cultivars at four different fertilizer levels namely no fertilizer, x ½ recommended dose (x ½ RD), recommended dose (RD) andx2 recommended dose (x 2 RD). Study Design: Randomized complet...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2014/11329
Aims: To study effect of days to flowering on the plant height and yield of rice. Study Design: Experiment was carried out according to the complete randomized block design. Four replications were designed for the experiment and each replicate consisted of 3 lines and twenty plan...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2014/11421