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Item Identification of Volatile Compounds in Different Parts of the Brinjal Plant (Solanum melongena)(19th Conference on Postgraduate Research, International Postgraduate Research Conference 2018, Faculty of Graduate Studies,University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018) Nusra, M.S.F.; Paranagama, P.A.; Amarasinghe, L.D.; Udukala, D.N.Plants synthesize and emit a large variety of volatile compounds, which produce a wide range of behavioral responses in insects. In some plants, these volatile organic compounds are the key compounds that are involved in attraction of insect pests. In addition, the synergism between insect pheromones and plant volatiles can increase the attraction of insect pest, offering new strategies for the development of more effective and reliable pest control programs. Volatile mediated foraging behavior is important in insect pests when they target host plants. The volatiles of brinjal may be functionally more important in host-finding behavior of their insect pest. Samples of brinjal plant leaves, fruits, shoots and flowers were collected from the unsprayed brinjal field. Steam distillation method was used to extract the volatiles from shade dried brinjal leaves, shoots, flowers and fresh fruits. The small pieces of the plant material were subjected to steam distillation for 4 hours at a distillation rate of 50 ml/hour. In this study, gas chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry technique was used for the identification of volatiles extracted from host plant brinjal. The GC oven was programmed at an initial oven temperature of 40 0C increased at a rate of 1 0C/min to 50 0C, then increased at a rate of 4 0C/min to 210 0C, and then raised at a rate of 8 0C/min to a final temperature of 230 0C. The MS data of eluted compounds were acquired and identified by the comparison of their retention times to those of authentic standards and with mass spectra from NIST library. Results indicated that brinjal plant produces 1-Methyl-5,8-dimethoxy-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-1,4-iminonaphthalene, Benzyl alcohol, Phenylethyl Alcohol, Benzeneacetaldehyde, Butylated hydroxytoluene and Methyl salicylate from leaves; Butylated hydroxytoluene, n-Octyl formate, Butyl phthalate and 1,3-Dioxolane, 2-(methoxymethyl)-2-phenyl from fruits; Benzyl alcohol, 1,6-Octadien-3-ol, 3,7-dimethyl, Butylated hydroxytoluene, Hydroquinone and Methyl salicylate from shoots; and 1,6-Octadien-3-ol, 3,7-dimethyl, Methyl salicylate, Butylated hydroxytoluene, Hydroquinone and Benzyl alcohol from flowers as major compoundsItem Evaluation of Essential Oil content and composition of Ocimum Species in Five Districts of Sri Lanka(Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Kelaniya, 2015) Aththanayaka, A.M.L.; Dharmadasa, R.M.; Paranagama, P.A.The genus Ocimum is a member of the Lamiaceae family which contains about 150 species of herbs and shrubs. Majority of species of genus Ocimum are essential oil bearing plants. Several species belonging to genus Ocimum are distributed in Sri Lanka. In the present study attempts were made to investigate the essential oils of populations distributed in 5 districts of Sri Lanka. Survey was conducted Anuradhapura, Matale, Gampaha, Kurunegala and Puttalam districts and 9 different samples (APMI 3, APMI 4, MLLD 2, MLLD 5, MLLD 6, KGYP 2, KGYP 5, GPLG 5, and PTWW 2) were collected, Species were authenticated by comparing with National Herbarium. These samples were air dried for 3 days and cut into small pieces (2cm) and hydro distilled using Clevenger apparatus. Essential oil composition was determined using GC-MS analysis. Cluster analysis for essential oil composition was carried out by using SPSS version 14. Oil content varied from 0.4% to 1.6% depending on the locality and the population. The highest oil content was reported from Loluwagoda (GPLG 5) in Gampaha district while the lowest was from Yaggapitiye, in Kurunegala district. Eugenol content varied from 1.45% (APMI 4) to 86.33% (GPLG 5). Methyl eugenol, Camphor, was only found in APMI 4 (85.64%) and APMI 3 (37.99%) respectively as the main component. Germacrene-d and Caryophyllene are common compounds of all the populations except APMI 3. Ocimine was found in 6 species except APMI 3, APMI 4, and MLLD 6. Thirty six compounds were identified from nine species. All populations were clustered into two on the basis of availability of different compounds using hierarchical cluster analysis. Cluster 1 consisted of 3 populations (MLLD 5, GPLG 5, KGYP 5) while cluster 2 consisted of 6 populations ( MLLD 2, KGYP 2, PTWW 2, APMI 3, APMI 4, and MLLD 6). Information generated through the present study could be of vital importance for chemotaxonomy of Ocimum populations.