Editorial Board

• Editor in Chief
  Dr. G.A.D. Perera
• Co-editors
  Prof. S.A. Kulasooriya, Prof. I.A.U.N. Gunatilleke, Prof. C.V.S. Gunatilleke, Mrs. A.M. Karunaratne, Dr. D.M.D. Yakandawala, Prof. M.D. Dassanayake, Prof. R.M.K. Abeyagoonasekara, Prof. N.K.B. Adikaram, Dr. K.U. Tennakoon and Ms. H.A.C.K. Ariyarathna

Instructions to authors on the preparation of full papers

• Papers should not exceed 10 pages of printed text, including tables, figures and references (one page of printed text = approx. 400 words).

• Paper should be submitted in computer diskette preferably in MS-Word.

• Papers should be typed clearly, double spaced, on one side of A4 ( 29.7cm x 21 cm ) paper, and with approximately 3 cm wide margins.

• The first page should contain the Title of the paper, name(s) of the author(s), affiliation and/or address(es) of the institution on behalf the work was carried out, and the addresses where proofs should be sent if this is different, an abstract of the article that does not exceeds 250 words.

• Results of the experiments should be provided in either tabular or diagrammatic form, but not in both.

• Tables and figures should be numbered in Arabic numerals. Photographs should be identified as figures, and numbered in single sequence together with line drawings.

• Figures should be drawn in good quality black ink on drawing film or white paper. Computer generated graphics are accepted provided that they are printed in high quality (e.g. laser) printer.

• The list of references should be arranged alphabetically. Reference should contain; names of the author(s) followed by the initials, year, in the case of journals: title of the article (only first name and the proper nouns capitalized) journal (Italicized), volume number (bold), inclusive page numbers, in the case of books: title of the book (Italicized), location and name of the publisher.

• All correspondence on editorial matters should be addressed to The Editor in Chief, University Botanical Society, Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.

Downloads

• S. Senthikumar, P. Saravanakumar, K. V. Krishnakumarthy and S. John Britto. (download)
  MORPHOLOGICAL AND STRUCRURAL FEATURES OF MYCORRIZAL ROOTS OF SPATHOGLOTTIS PLICATA AND DENDROBOIUM SPECIES

• G.A.D. Perera (download)
  VEGETATION AND THE REGENERATION OF MOIST DECIDUOUS FOREST OF SRI LANKA AND SOME SUGESSTIONS FOR THEIR SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT

• E.M.G.D. Ekanayake, A.S.T.B. Wijetunga and R.M.K. Abeyagoonasekera (download)
  FERNS AND FERN-ALLIES (PTERIDOPHYTES) OF PERADENIYA UNIVERSITY PARK

• S. John Britto and S. Senthikumar. (download)
  STUDIES OF SCULPTURE PATTERNS IN SOME SPECIES OF CROTALARIA FAMILY:FABACEAE

• Veranja Karunaratne (download)
  THE RICH DIVERSITY AND THE POTENTIAL MEDICINAL VALUE OF THE SRI LANKAN FLORA

This e-journal of the original PHYTA is a new concept of bringing the advancement of science, especially in the field of Botany. All the articles are in PDF format. Do not alter and publish any content of these articles. If you need to extract a part of an article, kindly write to the first author or contact the editorial bord.