Acalypha hispida is a wild flowering herbaceous plant commonly called as Red-hot cat's tail or Monkey tail, belongs to family Euphorbiaceae. It is commonly propagated by stem cuttings, but successful propagation of Acalypha hispida by stem cutting is harder, and even the basic information on these aspects are limited. Hence, an experiment was conducted to determine the effects of stem cutting types and growing media on the successful propagation of Acalypha hispida. Four types of stem cuttings (shoot tip, soft wood, semi hardwood and hardwood) and three types of media (pure sand, pure coir dust and 1:1 mixture of sand: coir dust v:v) were used, and the experiment was laid out in Complete Randomized Design (CRD) with 3×4 factor factorial arrangement. Data was analyzed by SAS 9.1.3 software. It was observed that there was a significant (P>0.05) interaction between the cutting types and media used in all the tested parameters except survival rate. All the type of cuttings planted in sand with coir dust showed highest percentage of rooted shoots with well formed root system. Hardwood cuttings planted in pure coir dust and 1:1 ratio of sand: coir dust showed not significant virtuous root weight (0.15g, 0.16g), number of leaves (13.10, 13.43), and shoot length (3.53 cm , 3.34 cm). Cutting types showed significant (P>0.05) in survival and hardwood cuttings showed highest survival rate (80.56%) compared to others. Accordingly, it could be concluded that hardwood cutting as the best material planted in a 1:1 mixture of sand with coir dust and pure coir dust medium can be used to propagate Acalypha hispida plants successfully.

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Cowpea is one of the important vegetable crop in Sri Lanka as well as many other countries. Chemical fertilizer application of cowpea production leads to hazardous effect of agro ecological system. In this regard, an experiment was conducted to study the effects of different combinations of Cow dung and Jeewamirtha on growth and yield of Vigna unguiculata. The experiment was laid out in Completely Randomized Design with six treatments and ten replications. The treatments are T1 (100% Jeewamirtha), T2 (75% Jeewamirtha + 25% Cow dung ), T3 (50% Jeewamirtha + 50% Cow dung), T4 (25% Jeewamirtha + 75% Cow dung), T5 (100% Cow dung), T6 (control ). The Experimental results showed that, T2 treatment, the plants treated with  75% Jeewamirtha and 25% Cow dung significantly increased the Fresh and Dry weight of shoot (38.90 %, 47.2 %), Days for 50 % flowering (23..6%),Number of pods per plant (44.5 %), 100 seeds (34.0 %) and Total yield per hectare (50.% ) in comparison to plants treated with Control treatment (T6). Therefore, the 75% Jeewamirtha and 25% Cow dung fertilizer could be recommended for the cultivation of Vigna unguiculata in order to enhance the growth and yield which is environmentally friendly for sustainable Agriculture.

Production of cultured meat involves synthesizing meat from animal tissue samples in a controlled environment using biotechnology. This study was directed to understand the perception of Sri Lankan consumer on cultured meat consumption. A structural survey was conducted in Sri Lanka using a probability sample of 14200 people from 11 districts and it was selected proportionately to the population in selected divisional secretariat divisions of these districts. The result of the survey revealed that 75% of the population was interested in accepting the cultured meat. The study showed that the meat consumers usually considered the health benefits mostly followed by nutritional properties, sensory properties especially the flavor and texture and meat price. Participants have understood the advantages of cultured meat in terms of animal welfare, environmental aspects, and food security of the country. Therefore, it can be concluded that there will be a substantial market for cultured meat, when it is introduced to the market. Educating people about intrinsic properties of cultured meat will also be important. In addition, the regression analysis showed that the acceptance level of cultured meat increased with the education level of consumers.

Physical mutagenesis is an effective mutational breeding method for improving various growth and floral characteristics of ornamental plants. The experiment was undertaken with an objective to investigate the effect of various dosages of gamma irradiation on survivability, growth and floral characteristics of Jasminum officinale plants raised by rooted cuttings. The 60 CO Gamma irradiation source at Horticultural Crop Research and Developmental Institute, Gannoruwa was used to expose rooted plants to different dosages such as 0Gy, 17Gy, 21Gy, 25Gy, 29Gy and 33Gy. A Complete Randomized Design with four replicates having 10 plants for each replicate was practiced. The results revealed that gamma irradiation dosage from 25Gy to 33Gy significantly decreased the survivability of J. officinale plants (P<0.05). LD50 of gamma radiation on J. officinale was occurred around 33Gy at maturity stage. Plant height and shoot length were significantly reduced by gamma irradiation dosages of 17Gy to 33Gy compared to the control and significant reduction of shoot number was observed at 33Gy. Gamma irradiation with 17Gy dosage, it showed a significant reduction in petal width (0.82 cm) of flowers. None of the other dosages were able to develop a change in the floral characteristics of J. officinale. The study showed that 33Gy gamma irradiated plant, it is having significant reduction of plant height, number of shoots and shoot length hence it could be domesticated as a dwarf and potted plant.