Because of its unique chemical structure, water dissolves almost any substance and thus is easily polluted. Environmental pollution continues to escalate in emerging economies such as in Sri Lanka. This is aggravated by anthropogenic activities, including deforestation, soil erosion, and irresponsible use of agrochemicals, and overuse of phosphate fertiliser. The latter has led to leaching of l...

We examine the height growth, diameter growth and below-ground allocation responses of mountain beech (Nothofagus solandri var. cliffortioides) seedlings to the experimental removal of root competition through root trenching and the addition of fertiliser within relatively intact-canopied mountain beech forest in the Craigieburn Range, Canterbury. Trenching and trenching combined with fertilise...

In the studies and production of bioethanol, preferred fermenting yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) is usually cultured in liquid broth that contains extract peptone. However, use these laboratory scientific grade chemicals costly, making them impractical for mass bioethanol production. Therefore, this study was conducted to evaluate feasibility glucose ethanolic fermentation by S. cerevisiae us...

The long-term effects of green cane harvesting with trash retention, compared with burning, on soil fertility were evaluated using data from the long-term trash management trial at Mount Edgecombe (BT 1). Total and potentially mineralisable soil N were greater under green cane harvesting than burning in the surface 0-10cm layer of soil. As expected, fertiliser applications induced increases in ...