National symposium on floriculture

by Dhaneshi Yatawara

The annual National Symposium on Floriculture Research will be held on December 15 at the National Botanical Gardens, Peradeniya.

Held for the fourth consecutive year the symposium stages various floriculture related research findings of university academics and private companies in the trade.

The symposium is organised by the National Botanical Gardens Department in collaboration with the Sri Lanka Council for Agriculture Research Policy (CARP).

"Around 25 researchers will present their findings this year mainly on floriculture related subjects such as plant protection, agronomy and post harvest technology," said Director General of the Department of National Botanical Gardens, Dr. Siril Wijesundara.

"This provides many solutions to the practical problems the business community in floriculture face," he added.

This will be a key event where the technology, developed by scientists, will be transferred to entrepreneurs to adopt, Dr. Wijesundara said.