Member Profile
Membership type: full
Early Career Fellowship
Dimanthi Jayatilake
Country of origin: Sri Lanka Currently in: Sri Lanka, Kandy General field of specialization: Agricultural SciencesEarly Career Fellowship
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Degrees
2014 Doctorate Agricultural Sciences2010 Master Agricultural Sciences2007 Undergraduate Agricultural Sciences -
Current Research Activities
Agricultural Sciences
Pre-breeding activities on biotic and abiotic stress resistance/ tolerance in rice
Publications resulting from Research:
Senavirathne, W. M. A., Jayatilake, D. V, Herath, V., & Wickramasinghe, H. A. M. (2017). Evaluation of genetic diversity of cis-acting elements of Abscisic acid responsive element binding protein (ABRE-BP) in selected Sri Lankan rice varieties. Tropical Agricultural Research, 28(2).
Nagalla, A. D., Jayatilake, D. V, Herath, V., & Wickramasinghe, M. (2017). The molecular evolution of Ghd7 orthologs is not in line with the speciation events in genus Oryza. Journal of the National Science Foundation of Sri Lanka, 45(3), 229–237. https://doi.org/10.4038/ jnsfsr.v45i3.8187
Nagalla AD, Jayatilake DV, Herath V and Suriyagoda L: Evaluating the growth performance of two Azotobactor spp. in liquid glucose broth and tryptic peptone broth as an inoculation media for the production of bio-fertilizers. Journal of Tropical Agricultural Research 2016, 28 (1):100-106
Jayaweera JKPTP, Herath HMVG, Jayatilake DV, Udumulla GS and Wickramasinghe HAM 2016. Physiological, biochemical and proteomic responses of rice (Oryza sativa L.) varieties Godaheenati and Pokkali for drought stress at the seedling stage. Tropical Agricultural Research 2016, 27 (2): 159– 170
Jayatilake DV, Tucker EJ, Brüggemann J, Lewis J, Garcia M, Dreisigacker S, Hayden M, Chalmers K and Mather DE: Genetic mapping of the Cre8 locus for resistance against cereal cyst nematode (Heterodera avenae Woll.) resistance in wheat. Molecular Breeding 2015, 35(2):1-12 (IF: 2.246)
Jayatilake DV, Tucker EJ, Bariana H, Kuchel H, Edwards J, McKay AC, Chalmers K, Mather DE: Genetic mapping and marker development for resistance of wheat against the root lesion nematode Pratylenchus neglectus. BMC Plant Biology 2013, 13:230. (IF: 3.81)
Jayatilake DV, Bai GH, Dong YH: A novel quantitative trait locus for Fusarium head blight resistance in chromosome 7A of wheat. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 2011, 122(6):1189-1198. (IF: 3.79)
Current profession
Current professional activities type:ResearchTeaching
Workshop and Conference Attended
2013 Japan The 12th International Wheat Genetics SymposiumPresentation given
2010Identification of a novel QTL for Fusarium head blight resistance on wheat chromosome 7A.United States of AmericaEvent: U.S. Wheat Genomics Workshop -
Other Awards
Mar 2007Dr. J. W. L. Peiris gold medal in Agricultural Biologyawarded by the Faculty of Agriculture, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka for academic excellenceAug 2009Louis P. and Elva G. Reitz ScholarshipAwarded by the Department of Agronomy, Kansas State University, USA for academic excellence and dedication to the profession in plant breedingSep 2009Ray I. Throckmorton Scholarship fAwarded by the Department of Agronomy, Kansas State University, USA for academic excellence and dedication to the professionJan 2010Gamma Sigma Delta Agriculture honor societyoutstanding graduate student MS research award of Gamma Sigma Delta Agriculture honor society, Kansas State University Chapter, USAJan 2010Kansas State University outstanding international graduate student awardawarded by the Rotary club of Manhattan, Kansas, USAMar 2011Adelaide Scholarship Internationalawarded by University of Adelaide, AustraliaAug 2012Best presentation in plant pathology – Postgraduate Symposium 2012School of Agriculture, Food and Wine, University of Adelaide (Australasian Plant Pathology Society, South Australia)Jun 2017University Research GrantPrinciple investigator - "Screening of Bacterial Leaf Blight Resistance Alleles of Xa4, xa5, xa4, xa7 and Xa21 in selected Sri Lankan Varieties using High Throughput Molecular Marker Assays"Jan 2017University Reserach GrantCo-investigator - Analysis of the phenotypic and genotypic expression of Bacterial Leaf Blight (BLB) resistance genes in Rice” -
Fellowship with OWSD
Fellowship with OWSD
Fellowship awarded
Early Career Fellowship awarded 2018