Vol 37, No 1 (2009)

Table of Contents

Editorial

Research and Energy Security PDF
Nalini Ratnasiri 1-2

General Articles

The Anthropocene– a 200 year record of human driven geological impacts: prelude to global climate changes and implications for South Asia PDF
Ananda Gunatilaka 3-11

Research Articles

Reproductive ecology of the Kandyan Day Gecko, Cnemaspis kandiana, in Gannoruwa Forest Reserve PDF
Ruchira Somaweera 13-22
Resistivity imaging and self-potential applications in groundwater investigations in hard crystalline rocks PDF
SUP Jinadasa, RP de Silva 23-32
Flame retardancy of chlorinated elastomers PDF
Nicholas T Fernando, Sudantha S Liyanage 33-39
Use of Schoenfeld’s global test to test the proportional hazards assumption in the Cox proportional hazards model: an application to a clinical study PDF
WWM Abeysekera, MR Sooriyarachchi 41-51
Preparation and characterization of biodegradable polymer films from cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) protein isolate PDF
Sujatha Hewage, Sashiprabha M. Vithanarachchi 53-59
Effect of irradiated chitosan treatment on storage life of fruits of two commercially grown papaya (Carica papaya L.) varieties PDF
IGN Hewajulige, Y Sultanbawa, RS Wilson Wijeratnam, RLC Wijesundara 61-66

Short Communications

Soil organic carbon and nitrogen pools as influenced by polyphenols in different particle size fractions under tropical conditions PDF
G Seneviratne, MPNK Henakaarchchi, MLMAW Weerasekara, KA Nandasena 67-70
Rootstock-scion interactions of selected Annona species PDF
HMS Heenkenda, BL Gunathilaka, JP Iswara 71-75

Research Notes

Diversity among different isolates of Xanthomonas campestris pv. betlicola on the basis of phenotypic and virulence characteristics PDF
L Mahesha N Sigera, BHRR Amarasinghe 77-80

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