Program of Technical Sessions
Program of Technical Sessions
Program of Technical Sessions
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<strong>Technical</strong> sessions:<br />
ISAE 2012<br />
Food Technology and Nutrition: Session 1<br />
Venue: Department <strong>of</strong> Food Science<br />
No Time Title and authors<br />
10.30-11.00 Keynote Speech:<br />
Sago Palm (Metroxylon sagu): Most Promising Starch-producing<br />
Crop<br />
Characters <strong>of</strong> Sago Palm Starch and its Accumulation<br />
Pr<strong>of</strong>. Y Nitta<br />
College <strong>of</strong> Agriculture, Ibaraki University, Ami, Ibaraki 300-0393, Japan<br />
1 11.00 Identification and characterization <strong>of</strong> thermotolerant Acetobacter<br />
strains isolated from brewing coconut vinegar in Sri Lanka<br />
PABN Perumpuli, T Watanabe, S Tachibana and H Toyama<br />
2 11.20 Development <strong>of</strong> Herbal Tea Incorporated with Gammalu<br />
(Pterocarpus marsupium L) and Evaluation <strong>of</strong> its Quality<br />
Parameters<br />
YK Wickramasinghe and VS Jayamanne<br />
3 11.40 Development <strong>of</strong> a Ready to Serve Drink using Veralu Fruit<br />
(Elaeocarpus serratus)<br />
HGS Priyanrhi, PHP Prasanna and BMKS Thilakarathne<br />
4 12..00 Development <strong>of</strong> Composite Wax Formulation for Shelf-Life<br />
Extension <strong>of</strong> Papaya<br />
RMNA Wijewardane and BMKS Thilakarathne<br />
5 12.20 Impact <strong>of</strong> Blanching on Colour Development in Clove (Eugenia<br />
caryophyllus ) Processing<br />
IVADCS Induruwa, IK Indrasena and EDK Edirisinghe<br />
6 12.40 Characterization <strong>of</strong> Fresh Cut Locally Available Vegetables Before<br />
and After Co-60 Irradiations<br />
P Kohila, J Jeyasugiththan, A Ramalingam and V.Senthil<br />
End <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Technical</strong> <strong>Sessions</strong>: Food Technology and Nutrition<br />
19.00 onwards Symposium night<br />
Beach Inns , Beach Road, Madiha, Matara.<br />
Tel. 041-2226356 (landline), 077-6199413; "www. http://beach-inns.com"
ISAE 2012<br />
Innovative Technologies and Farming Systems: Session I<br />
Venue: Department <strong>of</strong> Agriculture Engineering<br />
No Time Title and authors<br />
10.30-11.00 Keynote speech:<br />
Research to Meet Global Challenges<br />
Dr. Hemantha P. W. Jayasuriya<br />
Department <strong>of</strong> Soil, water and agricultural Engineering , Sultan Qaboos University,<br />
Oman<br />
1 11.00<br />
Determination <strong>of</strong> Thermophysical Properties <strong>of</strong> Liquid Food<br />
Products Using Newly Designed Heat Exchanger<br />
CP Rupasinghe, TDS Nilangi and SB Navaratne<br />
2 11.20 Evaluation <strong>of</strong> Leachate Quality <strong>of</strong> Anaerobic Compost Digester<br />
Treated with Distillery Spent Wash<br />
TM Anitha, M Thushyanthy, M Prabhaharan and P Alvappillai<br />
3 11.40 Organic Dyes for Cotton Fabrics<br />
R Kotur, G Mahale, S Byadgi and Jyoti V. Vastrad<br />
4 12..00 Natural Dyes for Silk Fabric<br />
Shameembanu A. Byadgi, Geeta Mahale, Rajashri Kotur and Jyoti V.<br />
Vastrad<br />
5 12.40 Varietal Evaluation <strong>of</strong> Tomato Varieties under Protected<br />
Environment and Organic Conditions in Summer Season in Martfeld,<br />
Germany<br />
WH Jayasinghe, IP Wickramasinghe and W Evers<br />
Lunch break<br />
Innovative Technologies and Farming Systems: Session II<br />
Venue: Department <strong>of</strong> Agriculture Engineering<br />
1 13.40 Improved Technologies for Enhancing Work Performance <strong>of</strong> Women<br />
in Agriculture<br />
Suma Hasalkar, Geeta Chitagubbi and Shobha N Huilgol<br />
2 14.00 Utilization <strong>of</strong> Mesta Fibres for Textile Application<br />
JV. Vastrad, RK Dhanalaxmi, G Mahale and KJ Sannapapamma<br />
3 14.20 Value Addition to Mesta Fibres through Wet Processing<br />
RK Dhanalaxmi, JV Vastrad, M Pujari and HB Babalad<br />
End <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Technical</strong> <strong>Sessions</strong>: Innovative Technologies and Farming Systems<br />
Special session: ROLE <strong>of</strong> the PIVATE SECTOR in AGRICULTURE DEVELOPMENT<br />
and ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION in SRI LANKA<br />
Venue: Department <strong>of</strong> Agriculture Engineering
1. 15.00<br />
2. 15.30<br />
Fulfilling Expectations and Challenging Opportunities for Graduates<br />
in the Agriculture Business Industries in Sri Lanka<br />
Mr Indika Gunawardena<br />
Divisional Director (CIC Crop Solutions), CIC Holdings<br />
A need for pr<strong>of</strong>essional approaches for Pest control in Public Health,<br />
Industrial and House Hold sectors<br />
Mr Saman Warusawithana, Director, John Piper International, Colombo<br />
3. 16.00<br />
4. 16.30<br />
Nano-science: Scaling up the options and opportunities in<br />
agriculture in Sri Lanka<br />
Mr Manju Gunawardena<br />
Effective and efficient input delivery systems to achieve higher crop<br />
productivity: new techniques in irrigation and fertigation<br />
Mr Rohita Kumara, Unipower, Pvt LtD, Colombo<br />
End <strong>of</strong> the Special session: ROLE <strong>of</strong> the PIVATE SECTOR in AGRICULTURE<br />
DEVELOPMENT and ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION in SRI LANKA<br />
From 19.00<br />
Symposium night<br />
Beach Inns , Beach Road, Madiha, Matara.<br />
Tel. 041-2226356 (landline), 077-6199413; "www. http://beach-inns.com"<br />
ISAE 2012<br />
Livestock, Aquaculture and Wildlife: Session 1<br />
Venue: Department <strong>of</strong> Animal Science<br />
No Time Title and authors<br />
10.30-11.00 Keynote Speech:<br />
Marine Algal farming and its commercial importance–An overview<br />
Dr. R. Seenivasan, Assistant Director (International Relations Office) and Associate<br />
Pr<strong>of</strong>essor (School <strong>of</strong> Bio Sciences and Technology), VIT University, Vellore-632 014,<br />
Tamil Nadu, India<br />
1 11.00 Estimation <strong>of</strong> Emission <strong>of</strong> Green House Gases by Ruminant Livestock in Sri<br />
Lanka<br />
ANF Perera, RABY Rajapakse and NK Jaysinghe<br />
2 11.20 Morphological Changes <strong>of</strong> the Spermatozoa at Different Regions <strong>of</strong> the<br />
Epididymis <strong>of</strong> the Indigenous Bulls <strong>of</strong> Sri Lanka<br />
S Piratheepan and DMS Munasinghe<br />
3 11.40 Effect <strong>of</strong> Parboiling, Heat treatment and Packaging on Rancidity development in<br />
Rice Bran<br />
WADV Weerathilake, SSE Ranawana, NR Abeynayake and ANF Perera
4 12.00 Bovine gastrointestinal parasitism with special emphasis on cryptosporidiosis<br />
in Badulla District<br />
TSR Fernando, PBAIK Bulumulla, RRMKK Wijesundara, SJMRR Samarakoon and RPVJ<br />
Rajapaksha<br />
Lunch break<br />
Livestock, Aquaculture and Wildlife: Session II<br />
Venue: Department <strong>of</strong> Animal Science<br />
1 13.40 Comparison <strong>of</strong> Virulence between Luminescent and Non-Luminescent Vibrio<br />
harveyi and Vibrio campbellii in vivo<br />
HA Darshanee Ruwandeepika, T Sanjeewa Prasad Jayaweera, Indrani Karunasagar<br />
and Peter Bossier<br />
2 14.00 Spatial and Temporal Analyses <strong>of</strong> Land Use and Land Cover Changes in<br />
Negombo Lagoon-Muthurajawela Marsh Areas<br />
CMKNK Chandrasekara, KDN Weerasinghe,Ranjana UK Piyadasa and Sumith<br />
Pathirana 3<br />
3 14.20 Effects <strong>of</strong> wet feeding on growth performance and visceral organ weights <strong>of</strong><br />
broiler chicken under two day-time ambient temperature levels<br />
NSBM Atapattu, KKA Pushpakumara and KKEIU Kumari<br />
4 14.40 Addressing multi-stakeholder conflicts in the coastal zone through a Special<br />
Area Management (SAM) process: the case <strong>of</strong> Rekawa <strong>of</strong> Southern Sri-Lanka<br />
NA Pethiyagoda and O Amarasinghe<br />
5 15.00 Ecological Importance <strong>of</strong> Kirala Kele: A Man Made Wetland Ecosystem<br />
GDCP Kumara , NA Pethiyagoda, WWD Gunawardena<br />
End <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Technical</strong> <strong>Sessions</strong>: Livestock, Aquaculture and Wildlife<br />
From 19.00<br />
Symposium night<br />
Beach Inns , Beach Road, Madiha, Matara.<br />
Tel. 041-2226356 (landline), 077-6199413; "www. http://beach-inns.com"<br />
ISAE 2012<br />
Plant and Soil: Session I<br />
Venue: Department <strong>of</strong> Crop Science<br />
No Time Title and authors<br />
10.30-11.00 Keynote Speech:<br />
Wetlands in Agricultural Areas In Sweden to Improve Water Quality and<br />
Increase Biodiversity<br />
Ann Åkerman<br />
Lund University, Sandgatan 3, Lund, Sweden<br />
1 11.00 Evaluation and Selection <strong>of</strong> the Most Cost Effective Media for In Vitro<br />
Cultivation <strong>of</strong> Banana Stem Rot Fungus, Marasmiellus sp<br />
N Thiruchchelvan, K Pakeerathan, G Thirukkumaran and G Mikunthan
2 11.20 Effect <strong>of</strong> Three Types <strong>of</strong> Charred Biomass on Growth and Yield <strong>of</strong><br />
Capsicum annum<br />
AM Nilushiny, N Gnanavelraja and K Jegajeevagan<br />
3 11.40 Nitrate-N Leaching in Calcic Red-Yellow Latosol: Lysimeter<br />
Experiment and Hydrus-1d Simulation<br />
T Sellathurai, M Thushyanthy and T Srivaratharasan<br />
4 12..00 Parasitic Potential-Host Range <strong>of</strong> Cuscuta sp. and its Impact on Allium<br />
cepa L. Grown in Jaffna<br />
Amirthaveni V, Pakeerathan K, Thirukkumaran G and Mikunthan G<br />
5 12.20 Efficacy <strong>of</strong> Withania somnifera (Dunal) Extracts against Tribolium<br />
castaneum (Herbst) and Callosobruchus chinensis (L) in Stored Grains<br />
in Sri Lanka<br />
S Suvanthini and G Mikunthan<br />
Lunch break<br />
ISAE 2012<br />
Plant and Soil: Session II<br />
Venue: Department <strong>of</strong> Crop Science<br />
No Time Title and authors<br />
1 13.40 In-Vitro Screening <strong>of</strong> Selected Medicinal Plant Extracts for the<br />
Antifungal Activity Against Fusarium oxysporum<br />
MLMC Dissanayake and JA Nayasinghe<br />
2 14.00 Response <strong>of</strong> rice to application <strong>of</strong> K fertilizer in low country dry and<br />
intermediate zone <strong>of</strong> Sri Lanka<br />
DN Sirisena and HMAB Herath<br />
3 14.20 Effect <strong>of</strong> Biochar on Soil Water Retention at Low Suction Levels<br />
RB Mapa, PDKD Jayarathne and RS Dharmakeerthi<br />
4 14.40 Irrigation Interval for Paddy Grown in Red Yellow Podsolic Soils in<br />
Low Country Intermediate Zone<br />
WMUK Rathnayake and APN Nandasena<br />
5 15.00 Effect <strong>of</strong> Cutting Height <strong>of</strong> the Harvested Mother Plant Pseudostem on<br />
Growth and Yield <strong>of</strong> the Following Sucker in Embul Banana (Musa<br />
acuminata)<br />
AJ Warusavitharana and MARL Perera<br />
6 15.20 Evaluation <strong>of</strong> Breeding Lines and Germplasm for Iron Content in<br />
Grains <strong>of</strong> Rice (Oryza Sativa L)<br />
G Naveen Kumar, Rakhi soman, Berhanu Dagnaw, KJ Pavan and HE<br />
Shashidhar<br />
7 16.00 Estimating Unsaturated Hydraulic Properties by Transient<br />
Evaporation Method in S<strong>of</strong>t Rock in Rokkasho Area, Japan<br />
SR marasinghe and K Watanabe 2
8 16.20 Effects <strong>of</strong> water stress on plant growth and reproduction <strong>of</strong> Sunflower<br />
(Helianthus annus L.)<br />
CJ Alawathugoda, Dahanayake Nilanthi * and AL Ranawake<br />
End <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Technical</strong> <strong>Sessions</strong>: Plant and Soil<br />
19.00 Symposium night<br />
Beach Inns , Beach Road, Madiha, Matara.<br />
Tel. 041-2226356 (landline), 077-6199413; "www. http://beach-inns.com"<br />
ISAE 2012<br />
Eco-Systems and Climate Change: Session I<br />
Venue: Agriculture Economics<br />
No Time<br />
10.30-11.00 Keynote Speech:<br />
Opportunities and Challenges to Crop Improvement Through<br />
Photosynthesis Under Changing Climate<br />
Dr. Saman Seneweera<br />
Department <strong>of</strong> Agriculture and Food Systems, Melbourne School <strong>of</strong> Land and<br />
Environment, Private Box 260, Horsham, Vic 3401, Australia<br />
1 11.00 Genotypic Variation in Grain Yield Response <strong>of</strong> Wheat to Rising CO2:<br />
CO2 Responsive Yield Related Traits for Future Climate Change<br />
CL Thilakarathne 1,2* , S Tausz-Posch 2 , M Tausz 3 and S Seneweera 2<br />
2 11.20 Screening Herbicide Resistance in Selected Sri Lankan Cultivated Rice<br />
(Oryza sativa L) Varieties Through Induced Mutagenesis<br />
RGD Wijeratne, SR Weerakoon and S Somaratne<br />
3 11.40 Gliricidia Sepium as a Source <strong>of</strong> Green Manure for Improving the<br />
Productivity <strong>of</strong> Tropical Smallholder Farming Systems<br />
DB Wijesinghe, WCP Egodawatta, UR.Sangakkara, Peter Stamp<br />
4 12.00 Allelopathic Effect <strong>of</strong> Root Extract <strong>of</strong> Prosopis juliflora (Mesquite) on<br />
Seed Germination and Seedling Growth <strong>of</strong> Native Dry Forest Plant<br />
Species.<br />
AGCS Jayasinghe * and GAD Perera<br />
5 12.20 Distribution and Diversity <strong>of</strong> Weedy Rice (Oryza Sativa F. spontanea)<br />
Populations in Matara District<br />
UIP Perera, D Ratnasekera, SAP Madurangi, SGJN Senanayake and AP Bentota<br />
6 12.40 Diurnal Variation in Stomatal Conductance <strong>of</strong> Sugarcane Varieties<br />
under Rain-fed Conditions in Sri Lanka<br />
ALC De Silva<br />
7 13.00 Ground Water Quality in Mahakanumulla and Thirapane Tank<br />
Cascades in the Dry Zone <strong>of</strong> Sri Lanka<br />
WMGD Wijesundara*, KA.Nandasena and AN Jayakody<br />
End <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Technical</strong> <strong>Sessions</strong>: Eco-Systems and Climate Change
19.00<br />
onwards<br />
Symposium night<br />
Beach Inns , Beach Road, Madiha, Matara.<br />
Tel. 041-2226356 (landline), 077-6199413; "www. http://beach-inns.com"<br />
ISAE 2012<br />
Social Sciences and Management: Session I<br />
Venue: Department <strong>of</strong> Agriculture Economics<br />
No Time Title and authors<br />
10.30-11.00 Keynote Speech:<br />
Entrepreneurship: A Way To Industrial Farm & Agricultural Growth<br />
Kim Jae Ho<br />
Senior Consultant, KOICA World Friends Advisor, Institute <strong>of</strong> Agrotechnology<br />
& Rural Sciences, University <strong>of</strong> Colombo, New Town, Weligatta,<br />
Hambantota.<br />
1 11.00 Implementing an Enhanced Food Safety Metasystem:<br />
Conceptualization and Empirical Examination <strong>of</strong> Intended Benefits for<br />
Agri-food Processing Firms in Sri Lanka<br />
UK Jayasinghe-Mudalige, SMM Ikram, JMM Udugama, JC Edirisinghe and<br />
HMTK Herath<br />
2 11.20 A Study on Flavoured Milk Consumption among 1AB School Students<br />
in Jaffna Municipal Council Area<br />
G Guberan, J Sinniah and KFST Silva<br />
3 11.40 Adoption <strong>of</strong> Organic and Integrated Farming Systems by Women<br />
Farmers in Northern Karnataka<br />
Veena S. Jadhav and Archana Bhatnagar<br />
4<br />
5<br />
12..00<br />
12.20<br />
Marketing Strategies for Agri Input Companies: A case study in North<br />
Gujarat<br />
B Singh<br />
TRIPs Agreement in Protecting New Plant Varieties and Farmers<br />
Traditional Knowledge in Sri Lanka<br />
Dilani Hirimuthugodage<br />
Lunch break<br />
ISAE 2012<br />
Social Sciences and Management: Session II<br />
Venue: Department <strong>of</strong> Agriculture Economics<br />
No Time Title and authors<br />
1 13.40 Crop Diversification as a Risk Mitigation Mechanism in Flood Affected<br />
Agriculture: A Study <strong>of</strong> Assam Plains in Northeast India<br />
Raju Mandal and MP Bezbaruah<br />
2 14.00 Consumer behavior towards fish and fishery products <strong>of</strong> Ceylon Fisheries<br />
Corporation: A case study <strong>of</strong> CFC retail outlet in Tangalle, Sri Lanka<br />
IU Kodagoda and SN Dushani
3 14.20 Women Empowerment through Beeralu Lace Industry in Southern<br />
Province<br />
HW Umanga and DN Koralagama<br />
4 15.00 Pricing Nature Based Activities at Taman Negara National Park in<br />
Malaysia: A Contingent Valuation Method<br />
A Aruna Shantha and BGH Asan Ali<br />
5 15.20 Analysis <strong>of</strong> Farm Credit Disbursed by State Banks in Ampara District,<br />
Sri Lanka<br />
AL San<strong>of</strong>ar Farzana 1 and P Sivarajah<br />
End <strong>of</strong> technical sessions: Social Sciences and Management<br />
Symposium night<br />
Beach Inns , Beach Road, Madiha, Matara.<br />
Tel. 041-2226356 (landline), 077-6199413; "www. http://beach-inns.com"
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