Majority of the rural population in the wet mid elevations in Sri Lanka are predominantly engaged in Kandyan Homegardening (KHG) and smallholder tea cultivations (TS). Reports indicate that recent developments in this region are very low due to marketing, extension and production...
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Research Article10.9734/ajaar/2020/v12i130069
Protected culture (PC) answers the major issues in conventional agriculture, and thus helps feed the rising world population. Meanwhile, soilless culture has become an integral part of the PC, for sake of catering to the plant nutrient requirements precisely. Therefore, innovativ...
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Research Article10.9734/ajaar/2024/v24i2490
Application of “plant factory” concept in protected culture is gaining momentum due to its technological and economic merits in many countries. This research examined the plant growth and yield of vertically grown pak choi (Brassica rapa var. chinensis) (in nutrient film techniqu...
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Research Article10.9734/ajahr/2020/v7i430103
L. H. P. Gunaratne, K. S. Hemachandra, Y. M. K. Kumudumali, N. K. G. K. R. Manawasinghe, H. G. A. S. Sathischandra, J. M. Soorasena, T. H. M. U. M. Thelasinghe, W. S. P. Y. Upali, W. A. P. Weerakkody, K. W. L. K. Weerasinghe & S. B. A. Weerawarna·Asian Research Journal of Agriculture·2021
Selected field vegetable crop combinations and increasing dosage of bio-char application, together with other alternative agronomic components of ecological agriculture (EA) were compared with conventional agriculture (CA) during the first three seasons of transition from CA to E...
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Research Article10.9734/arja/2021/v14i130113