Coordinator

Dr.(Mrs)D.M.S.H. Dissanayake

Coordinator/11th Annual Research Symposium
Faculty of Agriculture,
Rajarata University of Sri Lanka

message from the coordinator

It is with great privilege and pleasure I convey this message to the proceedings of the 11th Annual Research Symposium 2019, Faculty of Agriculture, Rajarata University of Sri Lanka organized under the theme “Greener Agriculture for Sustainable Environment”. The annual research symposium focuses on dissemination of research problems, problem solutions, and insights on new challenges facing in the agriculture and related disciplines. The event will be delighted by a keynote speech and an invited speech by two internationally recognized researchers from Japan and People’s Republic of China followed by eight parallel technical tracks consisting of 82 oral presentations. Moreover, two pre-symposium workshops have been conducted on “Preparing Successful 3MT Presentation” and “Effective Presentation Skills”. I would like to take this opportunity to convey my profound gratitude to Dr. B.A. Karunaratne, Vice Chancellor of the Rajarata University of Sri Lanka and Dr. A.M.J.B. Adikari, Dean of the Faculty of Agriculture on their guidance and fullest support in organizing this important event. I also express my sincere thanks to the keynote speaker, Prof. Ken Kawamoto, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Saitama University, Japan for accepting our invitation to deliver the keynote speech and travelling here from Japan at his own expenses. Also I acknowledge Prof. Uromi Manage Goodale, Guangxi University of China for conducting a collaborative research with one of our undergraduate for the first time. All the chairpersons and members of different sub-committees have done a wonderful job in organizing this symposium. Therefore, my heartfelt appreciation also goes to all the members of the academic staff, the administrative staff and the nonacademic staff in the faculty. Further, I would like to extend my sincere thanks to all authors and presenters at the 11th Annual Research Symposium who are the major contributors in this event. Also, I extend deep gratitude to the members of in the editorial committee, reviewers and all the panelists for their valuable comments and views on current research topics. I acknowledge Dr. (Mrs.) S.N. Disssanayake, the Editor-in-Chief of the conference for her outstanding contribution and Mr. P.D. Kahandage, for his significant effort on bringing this publication to the present format within a short period of time. Also, I thank Mr. R.A.A.S. Rathnayake for his dedication and bigger workload carried out as the Secretary of this symposium. Financial assistance to this event was given by many generous contributors and I am grateful to all the sponsors for their generous support. Special thanks to the Co-sponsor of this event, Ministry of Science, Technology and Research. I would like to congratulate all the final year undergraduates who become graduates from today and wish all the best in their future endeavors. Finally, I wish a successful symposium.