Table of Contents
Editorial
| The Government of Sri Lanka launches nanotechnology as a priority research area | |
| Veranja Karunaratne | 81-82 |
General Articles
| Science, science-based technology and human values | |
| S.N. Arseculeratne | 83-92 |
Research Articles
| Isolation of raw starch hydrolysing fungi and purification of α-amylase from Geotrichum candidum CMSS06 | |
| D.P.S.T.G. Attanayaka, S.N.T. De Silva, S.F. Nirosha, A.M.W.S. Aththanayaka | 93-98 |
| Analysis of coconut (Cocos nucifera L.) diversity using microsatellite markers with emphasis on management and utilisation of genetic resources | |
| P.N. Dasanayaka, H.G. Nandadasa, J.M.D.T. Everard, E.H. Karunanayaka | 99-109 |
| Semiclassical quantization of non-Hermitian 2-D systems: Classical (Lie transform) Perturbation theory | |
| Asiri Nanayakkara | 111-115 |
| The development of rubber-thermoplastic blends from ground tyre rubber and waste polypropylene | |
| S.M. Egodage, J.F. Harper, S. Walpalage | 117-123 |
| Control of insect pests under ware-house conditions using smoke generated from partial combustion of rice (paddy) husk | |
| L.K.W. Wijayaratne, M.D. Fernando, K.B. Palipane | 125-134 |
Short Communications
| The role of Colletotrichum species on the Colletotrichum leaf disease of Hevea brasiliensis - a preliminary study | |
| T.A.D.P. Thambugala, N. Deshappriya | 135-138 |
| Antimicrobial activity of Tephrosia purpurea (Linn.) Pers. and Mimusops elengi (Linn.) against some clinical bacterial isolates | |
| C.L. Abayasekara, B.N.L.D. Rangama, G.J. Panagoda, M.R.D.M. Senanayake | 139-145 |
Research Notes
| Assessment of genetic diversity of Tea (Camellia sinensis L.O. Kuntze) as revealed by RAPD - PCR markers | |
| W.A.S.N.S.T. Goonetilleke, P.G.C. Priyantha, K.M. Mewan, M.T.K. Gunasekare | 147-150 |
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