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  1. Sustainability of natural rubber processing can be improved: A case study with crepe rubber manufacturing in Sri Lanka

    Article • Resources Conservation and Recycling, June 2018, Elsevier

    Lakshman Rodrigo, Pasan Dunuwila

  2. Financial and environmental sustainability in manufacturing of crepe rubber in terms of material flow analysis, material flow cost accounting and life cycle assessment

    Article • Journal of Cleaner Production, May 2018, Elsevier

    Lakshman Rodrigo

  3. Optimum lifespan for rubber cultivation

    Article • Experimental Agriculture, March 2017, Cambridge University Press

    Lakshman Rodrigo

  4. Rubber in East assures the perceived benefits; a case study showing increased rubber production, amelioration of the climate and improved rural livelihood

    Article • Journal of the Rubber Research Institute of Sri Lanka, January 2017, Sri Lanka Journals Online (SLJOL)

    Lakshman Rodrigo

  5. Temperature corrected ready-reckoner chart for determination of dry rubber content in Hevea latex using the metrolac

    Article • Journal of the Rubber Research Institute of Sri Lanka, January 2017, Sri Lanka Journals Online (SLJOL)

    Lakshman Rodrigo

  6. Carbon Footprint of Rubber/Sugarcane Intercropping System in Sri Lanka: A Case Study

    Article • Procedia Food Science, January 2016, Elsevier

    Lakshman Rodrigo

  7. MODUS OPERANDIIN ASSESSING BIOMASS AND CARBON IN RUBBER PLANTATIONS UNDER VARYING CLIMATIC CONDITIONS

    Article • Experimental Agriculture, September 2013, Cambridge University Press

    Lakshman Rodrigo

  8. Replacing traditional half spiral cut by a quarter cut with Ethephon; a simple approach to solve current issues related to latex harvesting in rubber industry

    Article • Journal of the National Science Foundation of Sri Lanka, December 2012, Sri Lanka Journals Online (SLJOL)

    Lakshman Rodrigo

  9. Potential for rubber (Hevea brasiliensis Muell. Arg.) cultivation in the Eastern Province of Sri Lanka

    Article • Journal of the National Science Foundation of Sri Lanka, December 2011, Sri Lanka Journals Online (SLJOL)

    Lakshman Rodrigo

  10. Adoption of different tapping systems in the rubber industry of Sri Lanka with special reference to low frequency tapping

    Article • Journal of the Rubber Research Institute of Sri Lanka, April 2010, Sri Lanka Journals Online (SLJOL)

    Lakshman Rodrigo

  11. ACCLIMATION OF PHOTOSYNTHESIS AND GROWTH OF BANANA ( MUSA SP.) TO NATURAL SHADE IN THE HUMID TROPICS

    Article • Experimental Agriculture, June 2008, Cambridge University Press

    Lakshman Rodrigo

  12. A logistic analysis of the factors determining the decision of smallholder farmers to intercrop: A case study involving rubber–tea intercropping in Sri Lanka

    Article • Agricultural Systems, March 2006, Elsevier

    Lakshman Rodrigo

  13. Long-term effects of intercropping on growth and yield of rubber

    Article • Field Crops Research, January 2005, Elsevier

    Lakshman Rodrigo

  14. Interplanting banana at high densities with immature rubber crop for improved water use

    Article • Agronomie, January 2005, Springer Science + Business Media

    Lakshman Rodrigo

  15. Rubber planting to intercrop with perennials

    Article • Field Crops Research, October 2004, Elsevier

    Lakshman Rodrigo

  16. Growth, photosynthetic performance and shade adaptation of rubber (Hevea brasiliensis) grown in natural shade

    Article • Tree Physiology, July 2003, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Lakshman Rodrigo

  17. Priorities and Objectives of Smallholder Rubber Growers and the Contribution of Intercropping to Livelihood Strategies: A Case Study from Sri Lanka

    Article • Outlook on Agriculture, December 2001, SAGE Publications

    Lakshman Rodrigo

  18. Solar radiation capture in rubber banana intercropping system

    Article • Field Crops Research, March 2001, Elsevier

    Lakshman Rodrigo

  19. The effect of planting density on growth and development of component crops in rubber/banana intercropping systems

    Article • Field Crops Research, May 1997, Elsevier

    Lakshman Rodrigo

  20. Chilling and photosynthetic productivity of field grown maize (Zea mays); changes in the parameters of the light-response curve, canopy leaf CO2 assimilation rate and crop radiation-use efficiency

    Article • Photosynthesis Research, November 1993, Springer Science + Business Media

    Lakshman Rodrigo