TRI won the National Awards for Excellence in Agricultural Research


Dr. I Sarath B Abeysinghe, Director of the TRI, Dr. P A Nimal Punyasiri,
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Tea Research Institute of Sri Lanka launches new website

A newly upgraded website for the Tea Research Institute (TRI) was ceremonially launched by the Hon. Minister of Plantations Industries, Mr. Mahinda Samarasinghe (MP) on 11th July 2011 at the auditorium of the Ministry.
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New Kaluthara Extension Centre was declared open

A new Extension Centre was established at Nivithigala- kelle, Matugama for the benefit of the tea growers of the Kaluthara and Colombo Districts.

The new ...

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Third Symposium on Plantations Crop Research

This biannual symposium on plantation crop research was successfully held from 30th September 2010 to 01st October 2010 at the Cinnamon Grand Hotel, Colombo. The even...

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Biochemistry Division conducts studies on chemical and biochemical aspects of tea. Recently, it has embarked in biotechnology and advanced molecular techniques with the view to strengthening tea breeding programs

Key Research Areas
  • Product development and value addition
  • Development of standards of tea
  • Biological effects of tea consumption
  • Application of molecular technology to support germplasm conservation and crop improvement
  • Chemical ecology of tea pests and diseases
  • Estimation of pesticide residue levels of made tea

 

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Major Achievements

  • Obtained the patent for process of preparation of tea wine
  • Obtained the patent for the discovery of anti-fungal activity of black tea components, catechins and theaflavins, against Candida albicans, C. parapsilosis, C. tropicalis, C. Krusei and C. glabrata
  • Process development for instant black tea production by applying membrane filtration technique
  • Extraction of protein from spent tea and/ or refuse tea by membrane filtration technique
  • Quality improvements of Sri Lankan Silver tips/ white tea
  • Isolation and characterization of EST-SSRs and development of a set of new SSR primers for tea
  • Construction of genomic and EST-SSR based genetic framework map for tea
  • Assessment of genetic diversity and relationship of tea germplasm accessions using RAPD, AFLP, and SSR markers

 


 
 
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