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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The division engaged in developing improved cultivars/ planting materials to cope with the complex requirements determined by agro-ecology, biotic and abiotic stresses and consumer preferences of the end-product based on quality in the international market. In achieving the above objectives current research and development activities are being aimed at following areas:

Key Research Areas
  • To develop high yielding tea cultivars incorporated with other desirable characteristics that are suitable for various tea growing agro-ecologies in Sri Lanka.
  • Maintenance of national tea germplasm and activities related to germplasm conservation, characterization and evaluation for rational utilization of germplasm in tea crop improvement program.
  • Development of plant cell and tissue culture techniques to supplement the conventional tea breeding program.

 

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Major Achievements

  • An economically viable vegetative propagation method was discovered and established for the first time in tea in 1950s.
  • Release of seminal series of TRI 2000, 3000 and 4000 cultivars aiming to increase productivity of tea plantations
  • Perfection of an efficient ex-vitro rooting method requiring less time for the micro shoots to produce vigorous rooting system while achieving high survival rates of micropropagated plants during acclimatization.
  • Successful integration of micropropagation technique into the conventional breeding program authenticating its practical application to reduce the time taken to develop new cultivars by 6 years

 
 
 
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