Dr. Maha Laksha Mudiyanselage Chandrika Dissanayake

Senior Lecturer
Sabaragamuwa University, Sri Lanka

Highest Degree
Ph.D. in Plant Pathology from Tottory University, Japan

My URL
https://livedna.org/94.18703

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Area of Interest:

Plant and Soil Sciences
Applied Microbiology
Plant Pathology
Plant Protection
Entomology

Selected Publications

  1. Dissanayake, M.L.M.C., S.I. Ito and Y. Akakabe, 2015. TLC bioautography guided detection and biological activity of antifungal compounds from medicinal plant Acrous calamus Linn. Asian J. Plant Pathol., 9: 16-26.

  2. Dissanayake, M.L.M.C., 2014. Inhibitory effect of selected medicinal plant extracts on phytopathogenic fungus Fusarium oxysporum (nectriaceae) shecht. emend. snyder & hansen. Annu. Rev. Res. Biol., 4: 133-142.

  3. Dissanayake, M.L.M.C., 2014. Identification of causative pathogen of flower bud wilt disease in Dendrobium sp. and in-vitro growth inhibition by medicinal plant extracts. Int. J. Plant Soil Sci., 4: 132-139.

  4. Dissanayake, M.L.M.C. and J.A.N. Jayasinghe, 2013. Antifungal activity of selected medicinal plant extracts against plant pathogenic fungi: Rhizoctonia solani, Colletotrichum musea and Fusarium oxysporum. Int. J. Sci. Invent. Today, 2: 421-431.

  5. Dissanayake, M.L.M.C. and W.K.M.T. Kumari, Dissanayake, M.L.M.C. and W.K.M.T. Kumari, 2012. Efficacy of various plant extracts to control Fusarium wilt of Polyscias balfouriana variety Marginata. Asian J. Exp. Biol. Sci., 3: 129-135.

  6. Wijesekara, W.M.A.U.M., R.G.A.S. Rajapakse and M.L.M.C. Dissanayake, 2011. Effect of fruit and leaf exudates for the development of Anthracnose and rust pathogens in uguressa. J. Agric. Sci., 6: 77-84.
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  7. Dissanayake, M.L.M.C., S. Tanaka and S. Ito, 2009. Fumonisin b1 production by Fusarium proliferatum strains isolated from Allium fistulosum plants and seeds in Japan. Lett. Applied Microbiol., 48: 598-604.
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  8. Dissanayake, M.L.M.C., R. Kashima, S. Tanaka and S.I. Ito, 2009. Pathogenic variation and molecular characterization of Fusarium species isolated from wilted Welsh onion in Japan. J. Gen. Plant Pathol., 75: 37-45.
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  9. Dissanayake, M.L.M.C., R. Kashima, S. Tanaka and S. Ito, 2009. Genetic diversity and pathogenicity of Fusarium oxysporum isolated from wilted Welsh onion in Japan. J. Gen. Plant Pathol., 75: 125-130.
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  10. Ito, S.I., T. Ihara, H. Tamura, S. Tanaka and T. Ikeda et al., 2007. α‐Tomatine, the major saponin in tomato, induces programmed cell death mediated by reactive oxygen species in the fungal pathogen Fusarium oxysporum. FEBS Lett., 581: 3217-3222.
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  11. Weerasinghe, P.A., M.L.M.C. Weerasekera and L.H.J. van Holm, 1999. Use of isoenzymes to differentiate growth categories of Pericopsis mooniana trees. Biol. Plant., 42: 541-547.
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