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Environmental problems and biodiversity conservation through silviculture in Sri Lanka: Current state, struggles and cooperation with Czech foresters - A review

open access: yesJournal of Forest Science
Sri Lanka, as a developing tropical country, faces serious environmental challenges. Forests, as important ecosystems of Sri Lanka, are under pressure from intensive human activities and climate change.
Channa Suraweera   +3 more
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Anti-inflammatory, cytotoxicity and antilipidemic properties: novel bioactivities of true cinnamon (Cinnamomum zeylanicum Blume) leaf

open access: yesBMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies, 2022
Background The leaf of Ceylon cinnamon (true cinnamon) is traditionally claimed for a variety of health benefits. However, reported scientific information is scanty and needs urgent attention for value addition.
Walimuni Prabhashini Kaushalya Mendis Abeysekera   +3 more
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IRRIGATION IN CEYLON. [PDF]

open access: yesMinutes of the Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, 1879
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The Portuguese in Ceylon [PDF]

open access: yesThe Geographical Journal, 1915
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G., A., Pieris, P. E.
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Economic resilience in an era of ‘systemic risk’: Insights from four key economic sectors in Sri Lanka

open access: yesProgress in Disaster Science, 2022
COVID-19 has showcased the systematic nature of risks. Its effects have spanned beyond the health sector causing severe economic disruptions. Sri Lanka's GDP contracted by 3.6% in 2020 from a 2.3% growth in 2019, reflecting the largest economic downturn ...
Naduni Jayasinghe   +7 more
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Pheromone baited biopesticide for control of Leucinodes orbonalis Guenee in brinjal plant

open access: yesFrontiers in Bioscience-Elite, 2020
Leucinodes orbonalis Guenee, Brinjal fruit and shoot borer (BFSB), is the major pest on brinjal world wide. Larvae of this pest cause the damage; which at initial stages adversely affect the shoot growth, and in later stages diminish fruit quality ...
Mohammed Siddeek Fathima Nusra   +3 more
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MOBILIZATION OF PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES FROM THE TERRITORIES OF INDONESIA, SRI LANKA (CEYLON) AND NEPAL

open access: yesТруды по прикладной ботанике, генетике и селекции, 2019
The article is dedicated to the mobilization of plant genetic resources from the territories of Indonesia, Sri Lanka (Ceylon) and Nepal to VIR’s collection by means of collecting explorations, germplasm requests and the exchange of accessions. The first,
N. P. Loskutova, T. M. Ozerskaya
doaj   +1 more source

Impact of electric vehicles on the operation of the Sri Lankan power system

open access: yesCeylon Journal of Science, 2018
It is anticipated that with the global trend towards decarbonizing the transport sector, depletion of fossil fuel resource and due to many other technical factors, Electric Vehicles (EVs) will increase in the car market in the future.
D.H.G.A.E. Jayasinghe   +2 more
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A Visit to Ceylon [PDF]

open access: yesNature, 1883
WHEN a man of scientific genius writes a popular book; it will generally be found to be either a great success or a great failure; mediocrity, as a rule, does not attend the work of such a man in either direction. Now Prof. Haeckel is already well known to all the world as one of the few leaders in science whose literary ability is on a level with his ...
openaire   +3 more sources

Development of Liquid-Based Tea and Its Antidiabetic Effect

open access: yesJournal of Chemistry, 2021
Diabetes mellitus is a chronic disease resulting from insulin resistance which is now a growing concern. Tea from Camellia sinensis is a beverage consisting of many health benefits, one of which is its antidiabetic properties due to the presence of ...
Sheba Culas   +3 more
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