{"id":156,"date":"2015-08-21T06:45:21","date_gmt":"2015-08-21T06:45:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/fst\/?page_id=156"},"modified":"2024-08-30T08:07:00","modified_gmt":"2024-08-30T08:07:00","slug":"dr-r-a-u-j-marapana","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/fst\/dr-r-a-u-j-marapana\/","title":{"rendered":"Prof. R. A. U. J. Marapana"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Prof. R. A. U. J. Marapana
\n<\/strong>B.Sc. Agric. (Hons) (Peradeniya), M.Sc. (Food Sci & Tech) (USJ), Ph.D. (Southern Yangtze) (China)<\/p>\n

Professor
\numarapana@sci.sjp.ac.lk<\/a>; umarapana@yahoo.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Research Interests: <\/strong>Food Processing and Preservation, Dairy Processing and Technology & value-addition, Fruits and Vegetable Processing & value-addition, Animal Feed Technology<\/p>\n

Research publications :<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. Hirimuthugoda, N. Y., Gamage, C. S., Marapana, R. A. U. J. and Gunarathna, S. (2014) Meat and nutritional quality analysis of clam (Geloina vaxana) Oysters (Crassostrea madrasensis) in Sri Lankan lagoons. Indian Journal of Geo-Marine Sciences \u2013 Accepted for Publication<\/p>\n

2. Thakshala Seresinhe, R.A.U. J. Marapana and L. Kumanayaka (2012) Role of feed resources on the productivity and financial viability of a cattle integrated in the southern Sri Lanka. Animal Nutrition and Feed Technology, 12:455-465<\/p>\n

3. Thakshala Seresinhe and R.A.U.J. Marapana (2011) Goat Farming Systems in the Southern Province of Sri Lanka: Feeding and Management Strategies. World Journal of Agricultural Sciences 7(4), 383-390<\/p>\n

4. Seresinhe, T., Shamen H.J.D., Manawadu A. and Marapana (2012) Effects of suppliments on milk nitrogen efficiency of buffalo cows. The Journal of Animal and Plant Sciences, 22(3 Suppl.): 200-204
\n5. W.M.C.B. Weerasinghe, R.A.U.J. Marapana and Thakshala Seresinhe (2009) Predicting body weight of cross bed buffaloes through body measurements under field conditions. Pakistan Journal of Zoology (Suppl. Ser). 9: 155-157<\/p>\n

6. Upul Marapana, Jiang Bo and Yoshinori Mine (2007) Effects of MTGase and protein on Gel properties of Minced Pork after Cooking. J SCUT- China 35(4), 127-133<\/p>\n

7. Ganeesha De Silva and Marapana, R. A. U. J. (2012)A review on Current food allergy J Food Sci & Technol. Nepal 7, 14-21<\/p>\n

8. Ganeesha De Silva, Upul Marapana, Anton Kalubowila, Nirosh Lalantha and Thakshala Seresinghe (2010) Quality changes of burger from vegetable, wheat flour with fat emulsion during frozen storage J Food Sci & Technol. Nepal 6, 65-68<\/p>\n

9. Marapana, U. and Bo J. (2009) Low salt effects on gelation and textural properties of pork batter gel enhanced by microbial transglutaminase and cooking method. J Food Sci & Technol. Nepal 5, 38-47<\/p>\n

10. Marapana, R. A. U. J. and Wijetunga S. (2009) Irradiation as an Effective Way of Microbial Control in Food Preservation and Processing J Food Sci & Technol. Nepal 5, 1-8<\/p>\n

11. Marapana, R.A.U.J. (2008) Inhibition of Microbes in the Presence of Lactoferrin and it\u2019s Derivatives J Food Sci & Technol. Nepal 4, 12-17<\/p>\n

12. Marapana, U. and Bo, J. (2007) Thermally induced gelation and functional properties of porcine leg myofibrillar J Food Sci China 28 (12), 66-73<\/p>\n

13. Marapana, U. and Bo J. (2006) Effect of microbial transglutaminase and sodium caseinate on mechanical properties of batter gel as dependence on cooking method. J Food Sci & Technol. Nepal 2, 63-68<\/p>\n

14. Marapana, R. A. U. J. and Bo Jiang (2004) Protein cross-linking in food by microbial transglutaminase (MTGase) and its application & usefulness in food industry. I J Tro Agric Res Ext 7: 49-61.<\/p>\n

15. Krishna Prasad Rai, Marapana, R. A. U. J., Chunhui Zhang and Wenshui Xia (2004) N-nitrosocompounds (NOCs): As chemo-hazards in muscle foods. I J Tro Agric Res Ext 7: 1-12.<\/p>\n

Email Address : umarapana(at)sci.sjp.ac.lk<\/h4>\n

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Prof. R. A. U. J. Marapana B.Sc. Agric. (Hons) (Peradeniya), M.Sc. (Food Sci & Tech) (USJ), Ph.D. (Southern Yangtze) (China) Professor umarapana@sci.sjp.ac.lk; umarapana@yahoo.com Research Interests: Food Processing and Preservation, Dairy Processing and Technology & value-addition, Fruits and Vegetable Processing & value-addition, Animal Feed Technology Research publications : 1. Hirimuthugoda, N. Y., Gamage, C. S., Marapana, … Continue reading Prof. R. A. U. J. Marapana<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_ti_tpc_template_sync":false,"_ti_tpc_template_id":"","footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/fst\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/156"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/fst\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/fst\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/fst\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/fst\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=156"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/fst\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/156\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4354,"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/fst\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/156\/revisions\/4354"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/fst\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}