{"id":8644,"date":"2025-08-26T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agri.jfn.ac.lk\/?p=8644"},"modified":"2025-10-03T09:29:59","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T09:29:59","slug":"report-on-popular-talk-microbial-biofertilizers-for-legumes-and-non-legumes-pioneering-research-and-applications-of-the-nifs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agri.jfn.ac.lk\/?p=8644","title":{"rendered":"Report on popular talk \u201cMicrobial Biofertilizers for Legumes and Non-legumes: Pioneering Research and Applications of the NIFS\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"8644\" class=\"elementor elementor-8644\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b5919d7 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"b5919d7\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-56d9ba3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"56d9ba3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.295;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\">A popular talk was jointly organized by the Faculty Research Committee of the Faculty of Agriculture, University of Jaffna, and the Jaffna Science Association (JSA) \u2013 Section B on 26th August 2025 at the Faculty Auditorium, Ariviyal Nagar, Kilinochchi.<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.295;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\">Prof. Gamini Seneviratne, Senior Research Professor at the National Institute of Fundamental Studies (NIFS), Sri Lanka, delivered the talk on the topic <\/span><span style=\"font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\">\u201cMicrobial Biofertilizers for Legumes and Non-legumes: Pioneering Research and Applications of the NIFS.\u201d<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.295;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\">The event attracted an enthusiastic audience of over 300 participants, including students and staff from both the Faculty of Agriculture and the Faculty of Technology. 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