Table Of ContentSecond International Conference on Agriculture,
Aquaculture and Animal Science 2015
Colombo, Sri Lanka
28-29 December 2015
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Conference Advisers
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Ph.D. (Agronomy – Cropping Sysems), Pennsylvania State University, USA
Dr. Franz Uiblein
Editor-in-chief, Marine Biology Research
Guest Professor, University of Salzburg
Principal Scientist IMR, Norway
Conference Convener
Prabhath Patabendi (Canada)
ORGANIZERS
International Center for Research & Development (ICRD)
Chungnam National University, Republic of Korea
International Scientific Committee
Prof. Dr. Mahanama De Zoysa ( South Korea )
Prof. Rohana P Mahaliyanaarachchi ( Sri Lanka )
Dr. Kiran Kadam (USA)
Prof. Dr. S.L. Ranamukhaarachchi (Thailand)
Dr. Franz Uiblein ( Norway)
Prof. S.D. Singh ( India )
Dr. Premachandra Wattage ( UK )
Dr. Bob Alexander ( USA )
Kennedy Shikami ( Kenya)
Dr. Alec Woods ( New Zealand)
Dr. Joseph Palmpilii ( India )
Dr. Biswajeet Pradhan ( Germany )
Dr. Cheng Liu ( Taiwan )
Prof. Karen Luz Y. Teves ( Phillipines )
Dr. Andrew Onwuemele ( Nigeria )
Dr. Prakasha Tiwari ( India )
Dr. G.R. Sahib ( India )
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Table of Contents
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KEYNOTE SPEACH Publishing Authors
No
Prof. Rohana P
Agri tourism as an agri business opportunity for farming
community in South Asia Mahliyanaaarachchi 8
PAPERS
Evaluation of fruit and berry winter hardiness in the arid Natalya Andrianova;
1 10
zone of Central Kazakhstan Nazerke Shyntasova
Potential of Biofilmed Biofertilizer for Efficient Crop
2 J.P.H.U. Jayaneththi 19
Production
Bacillus megaterium as a Potential Biological Control
Mana
3 Agent to Suppress Grain Discoloration Disease of Rice 24
Kanjanamaneesathian
(Oryza sativa)
4 Adequacy of simple agricultural drought indices Devanmini Halwatura 30
Pallampalli Sujathamma
Value added sericulture products - Alternative marketing
5 and Chinnakotla Leela 37
strategies Sushitha
Seroepidemiology study on current equine viral diseases
6 Roya Sadri 44
in the stables of breeding and racing horse clubs in Iran
Effects of Bovine Viral Diarrhea on animal reproduction
7 Roya Sadri 49
and economic impacts on semi-industrial breed in Iran
Seasonal changes in ovarian follicle growth in Iran Viper
8 Fatemeh Todehdehghan 56
(Vipera albicornuta)
Reproductive cycle of female Pit Viper (Gloydius halys
9 Fatemeh Todehdehghan 63
caucasicus) in Iran
The Effect of plant densities and plant orientation on
10 Abbas Biabani 70
yield and yield components in wheat cultivars
Depuru Bharathi and
11 Present scenario of wildlife in India 76
Burra Vijitha
Investigation on optimum conditions of osmotic drying Bahram Fathi
12 81
in the apricot slices Achachlouei
Effects of different levels of bitter vetch in starter feed
13 on performance and blood metabolites of fat-tailed H. Abdi-Benemar 88
Moghani suckling lambs
A note on the diversity and utility patterns of donkeys in
14 Lawal Ribiu Maru 93
selected local government areas of zamfara state, Nigeria
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ABSTRACS
Antibacterial activities of “Lawsone” as active Mahanama De Zoysa and
1 100
component isolated from Lawsonia inermis (henna) S.H.S. Dananjaya
Evaluation of fruit and berry winter hardiness in the arid
2 Nazerke Shyntasova 100
zone of Central Kazakhstan
Effect of mixed diet of live feeds on growth performance
3 and survival of Angel fish larvae (Pterophyllum scalare) D.U. Hettiarachchi 101
in indoor aquarium conditions
Effects of elevated temperature on oxidative stress
Nadirah Musa and Najiah
4 response and biochemical parameters in red hybrid 101
Musa
tilapia, Oreochromis sp.
Artificial Insemination for Cattle and Carabaos in Bicol
5 Lourdita A. Llanto 102
Region, Philippines:Its Implementation and Assessment
Improved Method of Planting for Enhanced Seed Yield
6 Basave Gowda 102
in Chickpea
Effects of Melaleuca cajuputi extracts as a natural feed
7 additive on quality of African catfish (Clarias Nurul Ulfah KARIM 103
gariepinus)
Mola-Carp Polyculture in Women Managed Household
Md. Rafiqual Islam
8 Pond: A New Window of Opportunity for Household 103
Khan
Nutrition and Employment
Dietary supplementation with Prebiotics and Probiotics
influence Relative Protein digestibility and digestive Mohammad Bodrul
9 104
enzyme activities in Snakehead (channa striata) Munir
fingerlings
Dairy Cattle Progesterone Concentrations in Kuwait
10 following Single and Double Injection PGF2 Estrus Muhammad Aali 104
Synchronization Protocols
Inclusion of Brown Seaweed (Sargassum crassifolium)
11 as a Partial Replacement of Fish Meal in Diets for B.D.M. Mihiran 105
Oreochromis niloticus Fingerlings
Isolation and characterization of a new strain
Propionibacterium sp. capable of producing
12 Khansaa Badie Alkaddo 105
polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) from waste glycerol, palm
oil and different concentration of glucose
Status of the rine shrimp, Artemia diversity in India:
13 Natesan Munuswamy 106
Distribution and Conservation Strategies
Effect of feeding glycerol on healthy and economical
14 Mubarik Mahmood 106
milk production in ruminants.
The production of balanced fodder in the North
15 Natalya Malitskaya 107
Kazakhstan
Inactivation of pathogenic luminous Vibrio harveyi from
16 Pacific white shrimp Penaeus vannamei by phage Najiah Musa 107
cocktail
Preliminary studies on cryopreservation of
17 spermatophores in the whiteleg shrimp, Litopenaeus Selvakumar Narasimman 108
vannamei
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Effects of bee venom on behavioral and immune- R.M.C. Udayangani and
18 108
inflammatory responses in zebrafish (Danio rerio) Mahanama De Zoysa
Rhabdochona sp (Nematoda: Rhabdochnidae) from Tor
19 Marina Hassan 119
tambroides in Kenyir Lake, Malaysia
Refining Of Fish Oil From Hilsa (Tenualosa Ilisha) Fish
20 By-Product, (Liquor) Available At Canned Fish Industry S. Brintha 119
In Sri Lanka
Bivalve Fishery and Consumer Preference on Bivalves
21 H.M.S.M. Wijerathna 110
in Tambalagam Bay, Kinniya, Sri Lanka
Heritability Genetic and Phenotypic Correlations of
22 Body Capacity Traits with Milk Yield in Sahiwal Cows Musarrat Abbas Khan 110
of Pakistan
Evaluation Of Growth Parameters Of Freshwater Prawn
23 (Macrobrachium Rosenbergii) Fed On Formulated Diets G. Hajarooba 111
Supplemented With Probiotics
B.Johannaross ;
24 Empowerment Women through Sericulture 111
Ganta Savithri
Effect of various cryoprotectants on sperm quality of Dhanasekar
25 112
cobia, Rachycentron canadum Krishnamoorthy
Fish Meal Incorporated Fish Feed Preparation And
26 k. Vickneswary 112
Feeding Trials
Diversity of Crabs and Shrimps in Thondaimanaru
27 Piratheepa Sivakumar 113
lagoon, Jaffna, Sri Lanka
The effect of Biofilmed Biofertilizers on Rhizo-
28 Amila Henagamage 113
remediation of potato
The First record of Fusarium oxysporum infestation of D.C.M. Kulatunga ;
29 114
laboratory zebrafish system Mahanama De Zoysa
Sustainable Development of Sericulture for Indian
30 Ganta Savithri 114
Vibrant Rural Economy
Studying the effect of wood vinegar and nitrogen
31 Barmaki Morteza 115
fertilizer on potato tubers production in Ardabil, Iran
Antibacterial properties of chitosan-silver nano
S.H.S. Dananjaya ;
32 composite films and their potential use in water filtering 115
Mahanama De Zoysa
systems in aquaculture
Green Home Technology - Need For Global Leela Sushitha
33 Chinnakotla 116
Advancement
Productivity of sweet patato (Ipomoea botatas (L.) Lam)
as affected by NPK fertilizer rate, intra-row spacing and
34 Mu’azu Abdu 116
vine length in the northern guinea savanna agro
ecological zone of Nigeria.
Selective breeding improved the performance of
35 H.K.A. Premachandra 117
Yellowtail kingfish Seriola lalandi
Dietary Protein and Reproductive Performance of
36 Roshada Hashim 117
Channa striata (Bloch, 1793)
Ex situ conservation of fruit and berry plants in the
37 Natalya Andrianova 118
conditions of the northern desert of Kazakhstan
Evaluation Of Growth Performance Of Fighter Fish
38 R. Srikrishnan 118
(Betta Splendens) Under Different Live Feeds
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KEYNOTE SPEECH
Agri tourism as an agri business opportunity for farming community in South Asia
Prof. Rohana P Mahliyanaaarachchi
Senior Professor, Agri Business Management, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences,
Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka
(Chief Editor – The Journal of Agricultural Sciences)
Tourism industry has become the largest industry in the world at the end of year 2014 and in contrast
development of the agricultural economy over the past three to four decades has been stagnant relatively
to the faster development of tourism economy. Over the past years, tourism has proven to be a
surprisingly strong and pliant economic activity and a fundamental contributor to the recovering
economies in different sectors by generating billions of dollars and creating millions of new jobs. In this
scenario, with the decline of productivity of farms and eventually total agricultural production due to
human, environmental, climatic, technological and political factors, agri tourism has been recognized as
an alternative activity to diversify the economic growth in agriculture sector. Diversification of income
sources is the only alternative to stay in agriculture for farmers with small and medium sized farms due to
high risks they are facing such as production or yield risk, market or price risk, regulatory risk, financial
risk and personal risk. One strategy to overcome these risks practiced by some innovative farmers is
adding agri tourism as an alternative business in their farms. It has a potential for building and expanding
successful relationships between agriculture and tourism industries.
However, there can also be challenges to agri tourism. It is important to examine and weigh all of the pros
and cons before entering into any kind of agri tourism business. On the plus side, agri tourism can provide
supplementary income to the farm business and serve as a means of employing staff beyond the regular
growing season. For those who enjoy working with the public, agri tourism can be fun and rewarding. It
is also an excellent way of promoting crops and value-added products produced in the farm.
Among the challenging factors of establishing agri tourism business, business start-up costs, farm
renovation cost in an existing farm, promotion of the business, and liability insurance, can be high.
Operating an agri tourism business requires management and marketing skills different from those needed
for running the typical farm. A tourism enterprise can require long, labor-intensive hours often focused on
weekend and holiday traffic. Even for those with excellent social skills, dealing with the public can be
challenging. Finally, agri tourism may significantly impact the entire farm family; be sure all members
are “on board” before moving forward.
Accordingly, there is growing interest in agri business profile on agri tourism. Both agriculture and
tourism industries get benefits by developing agri tourism as a business. Agri tourism as an agri business
includes farm bed and breakfasts, roadside markets, farm restaurants, petting zoos, fee fishing, pony or
horseback riding farm museums and many more agri tourism products.
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Evaluation of fruit and berry plant winter hardiness in the arid zone of Central
Kazakhstan
Natalya Andrianova1, Nazerke Shyntasova1, Tatyana Sirotina1
1Committee of Science of Ministry of Education & Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Zhezkazgan
Botanical Garden – branch of «Institute of Botany and Phytointroduction», Republic of Kazakhstan.
Abstract
The study presents the field evaluation of winter injuries of introduced apple and pear cultivars
(2004/2005 - 2013/2014) and black currant cultivars (2009/2010 - 2013/2014) in the severe conditions of
the arid zone of Central Kazakhstan (Zhezkazgan Botanical Garden). The crown’s winter damage degree
of the pear and apple cultivars was significantly higher (p < 0.01) in 2005/2006 (minimal temperature -
39.2° C) and 2011/2012 (the highest sum of temperatures below zero 2033° C) than in the other seasons.
Correlation between sum of temperatures below zero and the winter damage’s average degree of crowns
of the apple, pear and black currant cultivars haы been established as high on the Cheddok’s scale,
respectively 0.88 (p < 0.01), 0.72 (p < 0.05) and 0.89 (p < 0.05). Correlation between minimal
temperatures and the winter damage’s average degree of apple, pear and black currant cultivars’ crowns
hаs been established, respectively as -0.64 (noticeable, p < 0.05), -0.81 (high, p < 0.01) and -0.53
(noticeable, ns). Winter injures of the pear and apple cultivars were significant higher than the black
currant cultivars (p < 0.05). The results of the research have shown that ‘Arctica’ (Siberia), ‘Baganenok’
(Siberia), ‘Norland’ (Canada), ‘Norda’ (Canada) and ‘Desertnoe Petrova’ (Central Russia) apples;
‘Zolotinka’ (Siberia), ‘Barnaul’skaia Krupnaia’ (Siberia), ‘Krasulia’ (Ural), ‘Petrovskaia’ (Central
Russia) and ‘Lubava’ (Crimea) pears; ‘Altaiskaia Pozdniaia’, ‘Bariton’, ‘Galinka’, ‘Ksiusha’, ‘Lama’,
‘Natasha’, ‘Rita’ (Siberia) black currants have suitable winter hardiness for the arid zone of Central
Kazakhstan.
Introduction
Low temperature is a major environmental abiotic stress (Banuelos et al. 2008) that can inflict injury to
plant tissues (Arora and Rowland 2011). The winter hardiness is genetically determined (Fircks and
Verwijst 1993) so the use of cultivars with genetically determined winter hardiness seems to be the most
desirable approach to avoid winter injury (Marini et al. 2001; Khanizadeh et al. 2003).
Evaluation of fruit and berry plants from other climatic regions of the World to maintain living
collection was initiated in Zhezkazgan Botanical Garden (ZBG) in 1939-1946. Today ZBG horticultural
collection is composed of 350 accessions including 36 black currant cultivars (Ribes nigrum L., R. nigrum
L. × R. dicusha Fisch. ex Turcz.), 120 apple cultivars (Malus domestica Borkh.) and 43 pear cultivars
(Pyrus communis L. and P. communis L. × P. ussuriensis Maxim.) (Andrianova and Sirotina 2013). The
objective of this study was to evaluate winter hardiness of the apple, pear and black cultivars and create
the collection of winter hardy suitable plants for development of sustainable agriculture in the region.
Materials and methods
Site characteristics
ZBG (47°48´ N, 67°43´ E, altitude 350 m) is situated in Central Kazakhstan. Central Kazakhstan
(Karaganda oblast) is the area in the centre of Eurasia continent almost equally-spaced from the Arctic
and the Indian, the Atlantic and the Pacific oceans, in the northwest part of flat Central-North Turan sub
province in the sub band of the northern deserts, in the extremely severe for plants conditions
(Akzhygitova et al. 2003). The climate is acutely continental and extremely droughty (Figure 1).
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