o   Four training programmes on plant propagation and nursery management (15 days) were completed.

o   Two training programmes on Tissue culture techniques (05 days) was completed

o   Two Training programmes on Home gardening (05 days)

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2)Providing a plant disease diagnostic service using modern molecular detection techniques

3)Providing guidance on value addition concepts to capture foreign and local markets to meet competition

4)Conducting training programmes on business management, entrepreneurship and leadership skills strengthening their ability to compete with challenging markets

      5)Carrying out awareness programmes aimed at youth to attract them to floriculture industry(see more)

o   Two programmes were held on plant diseases and plant tissue culture in Negombo, Katana, Divulapitiya, Mahara, Kelaniya  and Polonnaruwa

First batch produced a material of artificially pollinated Dendrobiums were distributed among forty-six plant growers.

6)Conducting research focusing on development and establishment of new planting materials of plant cultivars with market demand qualities

7)DNA barcoding endemic plant varieties with horticultural values and obtaining the authorships to the country

8)Researching on modern artificial culture media to grow new potential cultivars and create new cultivars through classical and molecular plant breeding technologies

9)Providing quality plant material and the guidance to establish small scale tissue culture laboratories

10)Advisory services in disease diagnosis

a.       Advisory services were extended to several plant nurseries in the district on their requests

b.       Several awareness programmes were conducted to the members of the plant growers’ societies in Gampaha District (Katana, Divulapitiya, Mahara, Biyagama, Marandagahamula, Adiambalama, Kelaniya, Dunagaha and  Kadawatha)

c.       Visits to forty plant nurseries and conducting awareness programme on nursery management

d.       In the process of establishing a Database on plant growers in the Gampaha

11)Service for graduates

Participation of undergraduates

o   Professional placement course unit (PRPL 31012)

o   Conducting Practical sessions for level three course units on Plant Pathology and Tissue Culture (BOTA 32542 and MBBT 32552) students.

o   Field sessions of course unit BOTA 325554 Horticulture and Post-harvest biology

o   Undergraduate Research

o   Genetic diversity and assessment of pollen viability of selected Dendrobium cultivars

o   Evaluation of growth performance of Dracaena cultivars grown media with different soil amendments

o   Characterization and Evaluation of Dendrobium species for the Improvement of Ornamental Value

Postgraduate Research

o   Taxonomic revision of the Genera Dendrobium and Bulbophyllum (Orchidaceae) of Sri Lanka

o   Characterization, reproductive biology and cultivar improvement of Dendrobium spp.

o   Genetic diversity and cultivar development of Dendrobiums integrating classical and molecular biological tools