• Development of a Sri Lankan rice variety Bg 94-1 harbouring cry2A gene of Bacillus thuringiensis resistant to rice leaffolder [Cnaphalocrocis medinalis (Guenée)] 

  Gunasekara, J. M. A.; Jayasekera, G. A. U.; Perera, K. L. N. S.; Wickramasuriya, A. M. (Journal of the National Science Foundation of Sri Lanka, 2017)

  The rice leaffolder (RLF) [Cnaphalocrocis medinalis (Guenée)] is a major lepidopteran insect pest of rice in Sri Lanka and the larvae cause significant yield losses annually. Insecticidal crystal protein gene, cry2A ...
• Global scale transcriptome analysis of Arabidopsis embryogenesis in vitro 

  Wickramasuriya, A. M.; Dunwell, J. M. (BMC Genomics, 2015)

  Abstract Background: Somatic embryogenesis (SE) in plants is a process by which embryos are generated directly from somatic cells, rather than from the fused products of male and female gametes. Despite the detailed ...
• In silico Analysis of osr40c1 Promoter Sequence Isolated from Indica Variety Pokkali 

  De Silva, W. S. I.; Perera, M. M. N.; Perera, K. L. N. S.; Wickramasuriya, A. M.; Jayasekara, G. A. U. (Elsevier, 2017)

  The promoter region of a drought and abscisic acid (ABA) inducible gene, osr40c1, was isolated from a salt-tolerant indica rice variety Pokkali, which is 670 bp upstream of the putative translation start codon. In silico ...
• Weighted Gene Correlation Network Analysis (WGCNA) of Arabidopsis Somatic Embryogenesis (SE) and Identification of Key Gene Modules to Uncover SE-Associated Hub Genes 

  De Silva, Kithmee K.; Dunwell, Jim M.; Wickramasuriya, Anushka M. (Hindawi - International Journal of Genomics, 2022)

  Somatic embryogenesis (SE), which occurs naturally in many plant species, serves as a model to elucidate cellular and molecular mechanisms of embryo patterning in plants. Decoding the regulatory landscape of SE is essential ...
• Cacao biotechnology: current status and future prospects 

  Wickramasuriya, Anushka M.; Dunwell, Jim M. (Society for Experimental Biology and The Association of Applied Biologists and John Wiley & Sons Ltd, 2018)

  Theobroma cacao—The Food of the Gods, provides the raw material for the multibillion dollar chocolate industry and is also the main source of income for about 6 million smallholders around the world. Additionally, cocoa ...

• Development of a Sri Lankan rice variety Bg 94-1 harbouring cry2A gene of Bacillus thuringiensis resistant to rice leaffolder [Cnaphalocrocis medinalis (Guenée)] 

  Gunasekara, J. M. A.; Jayasekera, G. A. U.; Perera, K. L. N. S.; Wickramasuriya, A. M. (Journal of the National Science Foundation of Sri Lanka, 2017)

  The rice leaffolder (RLF) [Cnaphalocrocis medinalis (Guenée)] is a major lepidopteran insect pest of rice in Sri Lanka and the larvae cause significant yield losses annually. Insecticidal crystal protein gene, cry2A ...
• Global scale transcriptome analysis of Arabidopsis embryogenesis in vitro 

  Wickramasuriya, A. M.; Dunwell, J. M. (BMC Genomics, 2015)

  Abstract Background: Somatic embryogenesis (SE) in plants is a process by which embryos are generated directly from somatic cells, rather than from the fused products of male and female gametes. Despite the detailed ...
• In silico Analysis of osr40c1 Promoter Sequence Isolated from Indica Variety Pokkali 

  De Silva, W. S. I.; Perera, M. M. N.; Perera, K. L. N. S.; Wickramasuriya, A. M.; Jayasekara, G. A. U. (Elsevier, 2017)

  The promoter region of a drought and abscisic acid (ABA) inducible gene, osr40c1, was isolated from a salt-tolerant indica rice variety Pokkali, which is 670 bp upstream of the putative translation start codon. In silico ...
• Weighted Gene Correlation Network Analysis (WGCNA) of Arabidopsis Somatic Embryogenesis (SE) and Identification of Key Gene Modules to Uncover SE-Associated Hub Genes 

  De Silva, Kithmee K.; Dunwell, Jim M.; Wickramasuriya, Anushka M. (Hindawi - International Journal of Genomics, 2022)

  Somatic embryogenesis (SE), which occurs naturally in many plant species, serves as a model to elucidate cellular and molecular mechanisms of embryo patterning in plants. Decoding the regulatory landscape of SE is essential ...
• Cacao biotechnology: current status and future prospects 

  Wickramasuriya, Anushka M.; Dunwell, Jim M. (Society for Experimental Biology and The Association of Applied Biologists and John Wiley & Sons Ltd, 2018)

  Theobroma cacao—The Food of the Gods, provides the raw material for the multibillion dollar chocolate industry and is also the main source of income for about 6 million smallholders around the world. Additionally, cocoa ...
• PCR- based Detection and Characterization of Candidate Disease Resistant Gene Analogous (RGAs) in Commercially Grown Capsicum Varieties in Sri Lanka 

  Kumari, K. A. S. I.; Senanayake, D. M. J. B.; Nanayakkara, C. M.; Dhammika, W. A. R.; Dasanayake, P. J. K.; Balasuriya, A. (University of Colombo, 2021)

  Identification of R gene homologous from chilli (Capsicum annuum L.) will provide important information for improving disease resistance in breeding programs. A Nucleotide-Binding Site (NBS) domain in R gene family ...
• analysis of raw cattle milk microbiota in Sri Lanka employing Illumina MiSeq platform 

  Rajawardana, D. U.; Fernando, P. C.; Biggs, P. J.; Nanayakkara, C. M.; Hewajulige, I. G. N.; Wickramasinghe, S. (University of Colombo, 2021)

  Bacterial contamination of raw milk is a major concern worldwide in public health and economic viewpoint. Raw milk is highly susceptible to changes in temperature and humidity of the environment. The impact of tropical ...
• Genome-wide in silico analysis and characterization of simple sequence repeat loci in Coconut (Cocos nucifera L.) 

  Weerakkodi, W. O. K.; Bandupriya, H. D. D. (University of Colombo, 2021)

  Coconut (Cocos nucifera L.) is an important oil crop that can play a major role in the food security of the people in most of the Asian countries including Sri Lanka. The genomic knowledge on coconut is extremely important ...
• Investigating the Potential of a Native Glomus sp. as a Biofertilizer 

  Chandrasena, W. A. G. A. B.; Nanayakkara, C. M.; Sumanasena, H. A. (University of Colombo, 2021)

  Many plant species benefit by forming symbiotic associations with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AM). They are known to enhance plant growth, photosynthetic activity & phosphorus content, act antagonistically towards soil ...
• A Study on Lichen Diversity in Two Different Agro-ecological Zones of Sri Lanka 

  Weerasinghe, W. M. V. C.; Jayalal, R. G. U.; Nanayakkara, C. M. (University of Colombo, 2021)

  Sri Lanka is renowned for its unique biodiversity and high endemicity. Among a variety of natural resources the country holds, lichens are hardly studied. However, lichens have been in use as therapeutics by several ...
• Protein-protein Interaction (PPI) Network Module Analysis for Detecting Sub-modules and Hub Proteins Associated in Root Development of Oryza sativa. 

  Sandareka, W. G. A. S.; Fernando, S. P. C.; Tirimanne, T. L. S. (University of Colombo, 2021)

  Oryza sativa (rice) is one of the main global staple foods, and improved varieties are required to enhance its yield to supply for the increasing population. It is essential to study the root system for plant improvement ...
• A preliminary virological surveillance of field-caught adult Aedes aegypti (L.) and Aedes albopictus (Skuse) mosquitoes in selected sites in the District of Colombo and Gampaha of Sri Lanka 

  Nirmani, M. D.; Perera, K. L. N. S.; Galhena, G. H. (University of Colombo, 2020)

  Aedes aegypti (L.) is widely recognized as the principal dengue vector. Aedes albopictus (Skuse) has also reported to mediate dengue outbreak situations in some countries. In Sri Lanka, Ae. albopictus predominates over ...
• Some records of Ascomycete macrofungal species from selected areas of dry zone of Sri Lanka 

  Ediriweera, S.S.; Nanayakkara, C.M.; Weerasena, O.V.D.S.J. (University of Colombo, 2020)

  Fungi that produce fruit bodies large enough to be observed by the naked eye are identified as macrofungi and these are distributed among the two sub Divisions of Ascomycota and Basidiomycota. While majority of Ascomycetes ...
• Effectiveness of Aspergillus japonicus in improving soil phosphate availability in cinnamon plantations 

  Chandrasena, W.A.G.A.B.; Nanayakkara, C.M.; Samaraweera, D.N. (University of Colombo, 2020)

  Use of phosphate solubilizing microorganisms is an inexpensive strategy that can confer solubility of insoluble phosphates (P). Aspergillus japonicus, an effective native phosphate solubilizer identified by whole genome ...
• Multifaceted importance of native dairy microorganisms 

  Rajawardana, D.U.; Nanayakkara, C.M.; Hewajulige, I.G.N.; Fernando, P.C. (University of Colombo, 2020)

  Lactic Acid Bacteria (LAB) and yeasts are extensively employed in food production, preservation and numerous other industrial processes. In the absence of industrial microbial culture production in Sri Lanka, industries ...
• Nutritional Aspects of Three Termitomyces and Four Other Wild Edible Mushroom Species from Sri Lanka 

  Gunasekara, Niranjan; Nanayakkara, Chandrika; Karunarathana, Samantha; Wijesundera, Ravi (Chiang Mai University, Faculty of Science, 2021)

  Species of Termitomyces are considered as a group of prime edible mushrooms owing to their unique meaty flavour and texture. Nutritional composition data of some species in this genus are scanty due to their rare and ...
• Molecular phylogenetics of Phyllanthaceae inferred from Wve genes (plastid atpB, matK, 3 ndhF, rbcL, and nuclear PHYC) 

  Kathriarachchi, Hashendra; Hoffmann, P.; Samuel, R.; Wurdack, K. J.; Chase, M. W. (2005)

  Phyllanthaceae are a pantropical family of c. 2000 species for which circumscription is believed to be coincident with subfamily Phyllanthoideae of Euphorbiaceae sensu lato (Malpighiales) excluding Putranjivaceae. A ...
• A phylogenetic classification of Phyllanthaceae (Malpighiales; Euphorbiaceae sensu lato) 

  Hoffmann, P.; Kathriarachchi, Hashendra; Wurdack, K. J. (2006)

  A phylogenetic classification of Phyllanthaceae Martynov (Malpighiales) is presented. Phyllanthaceae are one of five segregates of Euphorbiaceae sensu lato recognised at family level by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group. The ...
• PHYLOGENETICS OF TRIBE PHYLLANTHEAE (PHYLLANTHACEAE; EUPHORBIACEAE SENSU LATO) BASED ON NRITS AND PLASTID MATK DNA SEQUENCE DATA 

  Kathriarachchi, Hashendra; Samuel, R.; Hoffmann, P.; Mlinarec, J.; Wurdack, K. J.; Ralimanana, H.; Stuessy, T. F.; Chase, M. W. (2006)

  Phylogenetic relationships within tribe Phyllantheae, the largest tribe of the family Phyllanthaceae, were examined with special emphasis on the large genus Phyllanthus. Nuclear ribosomal ITS and plastid matK DNA sequence ...
• Systematics of genus Garcinia L. (Clusiaceae) in Sri Lanka: New insights from vegetative morphology 

  Nimanthika, W. J.; Kathriarachchi, Hashendra (2010)

  The genus Garcinia L. (Family: Clusiaceae) is represented by ten species in Sri Lanka including five endemic species. Systematics of the genus hitherto were primarily based on reproductive morphology. A recent study was ...

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