Systematic coconut breeding has a long history in Sri Lanka. Diverse germplasm becomes the basis for breeding. Crop needs to change its directions with priority of industry. This review paper sheds glimpse into historical, conventional and modem exchange over last century from early 1900s 2019 their subsequent utilization National Coconut Breeding Programme is first attempt reviewing acquisitio...

The publicly reported limited application of marker-assisted selection (MAS) in wheat breeding programmes to date is reviewed and contrasted with the current situation, in which it has increasingly become technically feasible to tag almost any gene with a microsatellite assay. Although this capability is starting to have an impact on the conduct of large breeding programmes, a much more profoun...

AIM To explore the effect of simvastatin on proliferation of vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) during delayed cerebral vasospasm (dCVS) after subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). MATERIAL AND METHODS Thirty-six male New Zealand White rabbits were randomly divided into three groups: 1) Control group (n=12): given conventional breeding and normal sodium (0.9%) was injected twice into the cisterna ...

Organic farming which experienced a constant rise over the last two decades is a system based on sustainability and on a concept tending towards functional integrity. Legislation as well as the wish to produce separately from conventional farming raise the question whether organic farming should be conducted completely apart from conventional farming or not. This paper discusses the aspects tha...

Conventional plant breeding exploits existing genetic variability and introduces new variability by mutagenesis. This has proven highly successful in securing food supplies for an ever-growing human population. The use of genetically modified plants is a complementary approach but all plant breeding techniques have limitations. Here, we discuss how the recent evolution of targeted mutagenesis a...

In this study we compared different statistical procedures for estimating SNP effects using the simulated data set from the XII QTL-MAS workshop. Five procedures were considered and tested in a reference population, i.e., the first four generations, from which phenotypes and genotypes were available. The procedures can be interpreted as variants of ridge regression, with different ways for defi...