Our Staff
Dr. U.G.A.I. Sirisena
Senior Lecturer/HeadDepartment of Plant Sciences
Faculty of Agriculture
P: +94 25 222 1611
F: +94 25 222 1610
E: anuraindra@gmail.com Research Interests
Entomology, Management of Pest & Diseases of Crops, Apiculture
Prof.(Ms) P.A. Weerasinghe
Senior Professor in Plant SciencesDepartment of Plant Sciences
Faculty of Agriculture
P: +94 25 222 1611
F: +94 25 222 1610
E: aruni500@yahoo.com Research Interests
Biotechnology, Plant Tissue Culture, Plant Physiology
Dr. D.M.D. Disanayake
Senior LecturerDepartment of Plant Sciences
Faculty of Agriculture
P: +94 25 2221611(Office)
F: +94 25 2221610
E: dharmasirid@yahoo.com Research Interests
Agronomy, Rice Production Technology, Hybrid Rice Beeding, Nutrient Management of Field Crops, Organic Agriculture, Mushroom Cultivation
Dr. (Ms) D.A.U.D. Devasinghe
Senior LecturerDepartment of Plant Sciences
Faculty of Agriculture
P: +94 25 222 1611
F: +94 25 222 1610
E: udenidevasinghe@yahoo.com Research Interests
Agronomy, Horticulture, Fruit Crop Production, Field Crops, Protected agriculture
Dr. W.C.P. Egodawatta
Senior LecturerDepartment of Plant Sciences
Faculty of Agriculture
P: +94 25 2221611
F: +94 25 2221610
E: egowcp@gmail.com Research Interests
Tropical Agronomy
Crop Physiology
Abiotic Stress Management
Agro-ecology
Dr. L.K.W. Wijayaratne
Senior LecturerDepartment of Plant Sciences
Faculty of Agriculture
P: +94 25 222 1611
F: +94 25 222 1610
E: wollylk@yahoo.com Research Interests
Stored-product insect pest management using biorational methods, Pheromone biology, Insect Endocrinology
Mr. T.A.B.D. Sanjeewa
Senior Lecturer in Weed ScienceDepartment of Plant Sciences
Faculty of Agriculture
P: +94 25 2221611
F: +94 25 2221610
E: tabsanjeewa@gmail.com Research Interests
Weed Science, Vegetable Crop Production, Crop Physiology, Organic and Biodynamic Farming, Crop Ecology, Medicinal Plants
Mr. M.C.M. Zakeel(on study leave)
Senior LecturerDepartment of Plant Sciences
Faculty of Agriculture
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F: -
E: zakeelag48@yahoo.com Research Interests
- Unraveling host-microbes interactions
- Metagenomics of bacterial and fungal endophytes
- Discovery and analysis of endogenous viral elements (EVRs) in economically important plants, and their role in polymorphism
- Bulk Segregant Analysis (BSA) and Genome-Wide Association Studies (GWAS) of ultra-highthoughput sequencing data
- Epidemiology of plant diseases (spatio-temporal analysis)
- In silico dentification of non-coding RNA molecules
- Plant biotechnological applications
- Microbial production of essential amino acids
- Association of phytoplasmas with plant diseases
- Diversity of culturable endophutes and their putative roles in agroecosystems
- Management of plant diseases using biological control agents
- Differential gene expression analysis using RNAseq analysis platform
- discovery and development of semisynthetic antibiotics
Mrs. Rasika Warnasooriya
Senior LecturerDepartment of Plant Sciences
Faculty of Agriculture
P: +94 25 222 1611
F: +94 25 222 1611
E: wmrsanjee@gmail.com Research Interests
- Impact of climate change, climate change adaptation/mitigation strategies, C sequestration and stress physiology of plantation and forestry
- Innovations in tea processing and investigations on the health properties of tea
Dinum Herath
Senior LecturerDepartment of Plant Sciences
Faculty of Agriculture
P: +64224681469
F: +94 25 222 1610
E: dinumherath@yahoo.com Research Interests
Plant Molecular Genetics
Gene editing using CRISPR/Cas09
Dr. Nalaka Geekiyanage
Senior LecturerDepartment of Plant Sciences
Faculty of Agriculture
P: +94 25 222 1611
F: +94 25 222 1610
E: nalakagee*at*gmail.com Research Interests
- Plant Functional Ecology
- Plant Ecophysiology
- Karst Plant Ecology
- Restoration Ecology
Mrs. K.R.E. Padmathilaka (On study leave)
LecturerDepartment of Plant Sciences
Faculty of Agriculture
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F: -
E: rasaniep@gmail.com Research Interests
Plant Physiology, Crop Physiology, Genetics and Plant Breeding, Plant Systematics
Ms. T.D.C. Priyadarshani
Senior LecturerDepartment of Plant Sciences
Faculty of Agriculture
P: +94 25 2221611(Office)
F: +94 25 2221610(Office)
E: cpchamarika@gmail.com Research Interests
Plant Protection,Plant Pathology, Plant Disease Epidemiology, Plant Disease Control, Environmental Friendly Disease Management
Ms. Darshani Wijayawardhane
Lecturer (Probationary)Department of Plant Sciences
Faculty of Agriculture
P: 0094 252 221 611/ 0094 717 186 541
F: 0094 252 221 611
E: dwdarshani@yahoo.com Research Interests
Flowering physiology, Plant biodiversity, Plant stress physiology, Ornamental horticulture, Post harvest physiology of cut flowers and foliage, Genomics of ornamental plants
Ms. Malika Piyarathne
Lecturer (Probationary)Department of Plant Sciences
Faculty of Agriculture
P: +94 25 222 1611
F: +94 25 222 1611
E: malikapiyarathne93@gmail.com Research Interests
- Productivity Improvement of Plantation and Export Agriculture Crops
- Crop Physiology
- Impact of Climate Change on Crop Production
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Ms. U.S. Herath
Lecturer (Probationary)Department of Plant Sciences
Faculty of Agriculture
P: +94252221611
F: +94252221610
E: umiherath@agri.rjt.ac.lk Research Interests
- Crop Physiology
- Plant Abiotic Stress Management
- Tropical Crop Production