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Dhanesha Nanayakkara

Country of origin: Sri Lanka Currently in: Sri Lanka, Peradeniya General field of specialization: Agricultural Sciences
Academic Background

Degrees

2018 Master Agricultural Sciences
Research and Profession

Current Research Activities

Agricultural Sciences

Development of molecular tool kit for the rice breeders Development of a novel molecular marker for bacterial leaf blight (BLB) resistance gene Xa21 in rice and screening Sri Lankan rice germplasm for BLB resistance Screening of Sri Lankan rice varieties for submergence tolerance


Publications resulting from Research: 


Nanayakkara, D., Jayatilake, D. and Kodithuwakku, S., (2020) Development of a single nucleotide polymorphism-based DNA marker for fall armyworm (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) biotyping: a case study from the fall armyworm outbreak in Sri Lanka. The Canadian Entomologist, pp.1-10.

Nanayakkara, D., Edirisingha, I., Dissanayake, L., Weerasinghe, D., Suriyagoda, L., Herath, V., and Jayatilake, D. (2020). A novel intragenic marker targeting the ectodomain of bacterial blight-resistance gene Xa21 for marker-assisted selection in rice. Journal of Crop Improvement, 1-18.

Malsha De Zoysa, Dhanesha Nanayakkara, Venura Herath & Dimanthi Jayatilake (2019). Allelic diversity of flowering-time regulatory gene Hd3a in rice, Journal of Crop Improvement, DOI: 10.1080/15427528.2019.1684409

N.H.L.D.L.D. Nanayakkara, V. Herath, D.V. Jayatilake (2018). Haplotype Diversity Analysis of Bacterial Leaf Blight Resistance Gene Xa21 in Rice. Tropical Agricultural Research Journal vol.30(1 ):p 56-68

N.H.L.D.L.D. Nanayakkara, S.K. Wasala, I.P. Wickremasinghe, N.M. Ubeysekara, K.G.C.N. Jayarathne (2017). Molecular Diversity Analysis of Conserved Capsicum chinense Jacq. Germplasm in Sri Lanka. Tropical Agricultural Research vol.29(2): p 21 8-224



Current profession

Current professional activities type: 
Teaching
Conducting lectures for plant physiology, plant biotechnology and soil sciecne

Workshop and Conference Attended

2018 Singapore 5th International rice congress
2018 Sri Lanka 30th PGIA annual congress
2018 Sri Lanka Wayamba University International Conference (WinC)
2017 India 6th NGGIBCI conference
2017 Sri Lanka 2nd International conference on Bio Science and Biotechnology
2017 Sri Lanka 29th PGIA annual congress

Affiliations

Institute of Biology, Sri Lanka

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