Conducting and coordinating National Rice Variety Testing Program (NCRVT)
Coordinating VAT and LSVAT trials
Farmer participatory research on best management practices
Adaptation and mitigation practices for biotic stresses
Observation and giving solutions for farmer field agronomic problems
Conducting Training and awareness programson agronomic aspects of rice
Technologies
Release of Bg 251, the first drought tolerant rice variety in Sri Lanka
An agronomic packages for mechanical transplanting of rice
An improved agronomic package for flooded – direct seeded rice to minimize herbicide usage.
Introduction of short age (98-100 days) drought tolerant rice line, IRDTN 7-11 medium age rice lines, Zhonghua (103-107 days) and Aeron 9-3 (100-103 days)
Research & Publications
Testing of promising rice lines in low county intermediate zone – (NCRVT )…
