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Thayamini Seran

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

Degrees

2006 Doctorate Agricultural Sciences
1998 Master Agricultural Sciences
Research and Profession

Current Research Activities

Agricultural Sciences

Current research activities include Plant propagation of medicinal and economic important crops, Plant Tissue Culture Technology in crop improvement and Use of organic manures in Crop production.

Research Keywords: 
Tissue Culture

Publications resulting from Research: 


Thayamini H. Seran, Hirimburegama K. and Gunasekare M. T. K. (2005). Encapsulation of embryonic axes of Camellia sinensis (L.) O. Kuntze (tea) and subsequent in vitro germination. Journal of Horticultural Science & Biotechnology 80(1): 154-158.

Thayamini H. Seran, Hirimburegama K. and Gunasekare M. T. K. (2006). Direct somatic embryogenesis from explants obtained from in vitro germinated embryonic axes of Camellia sinensis (L.) O. Kuntze. Journal of Horticultural Science & Biotechnology 81(5): 883-890.

Thayamini H. Seran, Hirimburegama K. and Gunasekare M. T. K. (2007). Production of cotyledon-type somatic embryos directly from immature cotyledonary explants of Camellia sinensis (L.). Journal of Horticultural Science & Biotechnology 82(1): 119-125.

Thayamini H. Seran and Brintha I. (2010). Review on maize based intercropping. Journal of Agronomy 9(3): 135-145.

Seran T. H., Meerashahib N. B. M. and Teixeira da Silva J. A. (2011). Influence of coir dust on plant growth of shoe flower (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis) stem cuttings. European Journal of Horticultural Science 76(3): 109-115.

Kamshananthi T. and Thayamini H. Seran (2012) Induction of somatic embryogenesis from cotyledon explants of cashew (Anancardium occidentale L.). International Journal of Agricultural Technology 8(6):2087-2097.

Thayamini H. Seran (2013). In vitro propagation of ginger (Zingiber officinale Rosc.) through direct organogenesis: A Review. Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences 16(24): 1826-1835.

Shahardeen R.N.M and Seran T.H (2013). Impact of animal manure EM-bokashi on seed yield and quality of vegetable cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L.). Bangladesh Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research 48(1): 33-38.

Lavanya Lavakumaran and Thayamini H. Seran (2014). Effect of 6-benzyl-aminopurine and thidiazuron on in vitro shoot organogenesis of Aloe vera (L.) Burm. f. Chilean Journal of Agricultural Research 74(4):497-501.



Current profession

Current professional activities type: 
Research
Teaching

Affiliations

Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science
Prizes, Grants and Awards

Other Awards

Jul 2010
President’s Awards
President's Awards for Scientific Research in years 2005 & 2006 - awarded by H.E. the President of the Government of Sri Lanka in July 2010.
Jan 2014
President’s Award
President’s Award for Scientific Publication in year 2007- awarded by H.E. the President of the Government of Sri Lanka in January 2014
Oct 2008
Hiran Tillekeratne Research Award
Hiran Tillekeratne Research Award-awarded by the University Grants Commission (UGC), Sri Lanka in October 2008

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