Dr. Kariyawasam Marthinna Gamage Gehan Jayasuriya

Professor
Department of Botany, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Central, Sri Lanka

Highest Degree
Ph.D. in Seed Physiology from University of Kentucky, USA

My URL
https://livedna.org/94.3162

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Area of Interest:

Plant and Soil Sciences
Plant Biology
Seed Biology
Climate Change
Plant Conservation

Selected Publications

  1. Samarasinghe, B.R.C.P., K.M.G.G. Jayasuriya, A.M.T.A. Gunaratne, M.C. Senanayaka and K.W. Dixon, 2022. Seed dormancy and germination behaviour of tropical rainforest tree species from Sri Lanka. Seed Sci. Res., 32: 94-103.
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  2. Jayasuriya, K.M.G.G., R.P.V.G.S.W. Rajapakshe, S. Rajapakse and D.H.P. Peramunugama, 2017. Seed germination and predation of the tropical monocarpic palm tree Corypha umbraculifera. Taiwania, 62: 129-138.
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  3. Azam, A.W.M., K.M.G.G. Jayasuriya, M.M. Musthafa and F.M.M.T. Marikar, 2016. Sri Lanka is a hot spot for illegal transnational trading of biodiversity and wildlife materials from South Asian region. J. Transp. Security, 9: 71-85.
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  4. Athugala, Y.S., K.M.G.G. Jayasuriya, A.M.T.A. Gunaratne and C.C. Baskin, 2016. Morphophysiological epicotyl dormancy in seeds of three Psychotria species from Sri Lanka: First record for Rubiaceae. Seed Sci. Res., 26: 1-11.
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  5. Jayawardena, M.M.D.M., K.M.G.G. Jayasuriya and J.L. Walck, 2015. Confirmation of morphophysiological dormancy in sandalwood (Santalum album, Santalaceae) seeds. J. Natl. Sci. Found. Sri Lanka, 43: 209-215.
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  6. Jayasuriya, K.M.G.G., Y.S. Athugala, M.M. Wijayasinghe, J.M. Baskin, C.C. Baskin and N. Mahadevan, 2015. The crypsis hypothesis: A stenopic view of the selective factors in the evolution of physical dormancy in seeds. Seed Sci. Res., 25: 127-137.
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  7. Wijayabandara, S.M.K.H, K.M.G.G, Jayasuriya and J.L.D.H.C. Jayasinghe, 2013. Seed dormancy, storage behavior and germination of an exotic invasive species, Lantana camara L. (Verbenaceae). Int. J. Biol. Sci., 2: 7-14.

  8. Sanjeewani, B.L.G., K.M.G.G. Jayasuriya, M.T.R. Fernando and J.W. Damunupola, 2013. Storage and germination treatments for seeds of an ornamentally important palm, Livistonia rotundifolia (Lam.) Mart. J. Natl. Sci. Found. Sri Lanka, 41: 273-277.
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  9. Jayasuriya, K.M.G.G., A.S.T.B. Wijetunga, J.M. Baskin and C.C. Baskin, 2013. Seed dormancy and storage behaviour in tropical Fabaceae: A study of 100 species from Sri Lanka. Seed Sci. Res., 23: 257-269.
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  10. Jayasuriya, K.M.G.G. and N. Mahadevan, 2013. Water-impermeable fruits of the parasitic angiosperm Cassytha filiformis (Lauraceae): Confirmation of physical dormancy in Magnoliidae and evolutionary considerations. Aust. J. Bot., 61: 322-329.
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  11. Fernando, M.T.R., K.M.G.G. Jayasuriya, J.L. Walck and A.S.T.B. Wijetunga, 2013. Identifying dormancy class and storage behaviour of champak (Magnolia champaca) seeds, an important tropical timber tree. J. Natl. Sci. Found. Sri Lanka, 41: 141-146.
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  12. Walck, J.L., M.S. Cofer, K.M.G.G. Jayasuriya, M.T.R. Fernando and S.N. Hidayati, 2012. A temperate rhamnaceous species with a non-enclosing stone and without physical dormancy. Seed Sci. Res., 22: 269-278.
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  13. Jayasuriya, K.M.G.G., J.M. Baskin, C.C. Baskin and M.T.R. Fernando, 2012. Variation in seed dormancy and storage behavior of three liana species of Derris (Fabaceae, Faboideae) in Sri Lanka and ecological implications. Res. J. Seed Sci., 5: 1-18.
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  14. Jayasuriya, K.M.G.G., A.S.T.B. Wijetunga, J.M. Baskin and C.C. Baskin, 2012. Physiological epicotyl dormancy and recalcitrant storage behaviour in seeds of two tropical Fabaceae (subfamily Caesalpinioideae) species. AoB PLANTS, Vol. 2012. 10.1093/aobpla/pls044/178626.
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  15. Jayasuriya, K.M.G.G., A.S.T.B. Wijetunga, J.M. Baskin and C.C. Baskin, 2010. Recalcitrancy and a new kind of epicotyl dormancy in seeds of the understory tropical rainforest tree Humboldtia laurifolia (Fabaceae, Ceasalpinioideae). Am. J. Bot., 97: 15-26.
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  16. Jayasuriya, K.M.G.G., J.M. Baskin, R.L. Geneve and C.C. Baskin, 2009. Sensitivity cycling and mechanism of physical dormancy break in seeds of Ipomoea hederacea (Convolvulaceae). Int. J. Plant Sci., 170: 429-443.
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  17. Jayasuriya, K.M.G.G., J.M. Baskin, R.L. Geneve and C.C. Baskin, 2009. Phylogeny of seed dormancy in Convolvulaceae, subfamily Convolvuloideae (Solanales). Ann. Bot., 103: 45-63.
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  18. Jayasuriya, K.M.G.G., J.M. Baskin, R.L. Geneve and C.C. Baskin, 2009. A proposed mechanism for physical dormancy break in seeds of Ipomoea lacunosa (Convolvulaceae). Ann. Bot., 103: 433-445.
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  19. Jayasuriya, K.M.G.G., J.M. Baskin, D.M. TeKrony and C.C. Baskin, 2009. Sensitivity cycling to physical dormancy break and seed vigour of two Ipomoea species (Convolvulaceae). Seed Sci. Res., 19: 249-259.
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  20. Jayasuriya, K.M.G.G., J.M. Baskin and C.C. Baskin, 2009. Sensitivity cycling and its ecological role in seeds with physical dormancy. Seed Sci. Res., 19: 3-13.
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  21. Jayasuriya, K.M.G.G., J.M. Baskin, R.L. Geneve and C.C. Baskin, 2008. Physical dormancy in seeds of the holoparasitic angiosperm Cuscuta australis (Convolvulaceae, Cuscuteae): dormancy-breaking requirements, anatomy of the water gap and sensitivity cycling. Ann. Bot., 102: 39-48.
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  22. Jayasuriya, K.M.G.G., J.M. Baskin and C.C. Baskin, 2008. Dormancy, germination requirements and storage behaviour of seeds of Convolvulaceae (Solanales) and evolutionary considerations. Seed Sci. Res., 18: 223-237.
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  23. Jayasuriya, K.M.G.G., J.M. Baskin and C.C. Baskin, 2008. Cycling of sensitivity to physical dormancy-break in seeds of Ipomoea lacunosa (Convolvulaceae) and ecological significance. Ann. Bot., 101: 341-352.
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  24. Jayasuriya, K.M.G.G., J.M. Baskin, R.L. Geneve and C.C. Baskin, 2007. Seed development in Ipomoea lacunosa (Convolvulaceae), with particular reference to anatomy of the water gap. Ann. Bot., 100: 459-470.
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  25. Jayasuriya, K.M.G.G., J.M. Baskin, R.L. Geneve and C.C. Baskin, 2007. Morphology and anatomy of physical dormancy in Ipomoea lacunosa: Identification of the water gap in seeds of Convolvulaceae (Solanales). Ann. Bot., 100: 13-22.
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  26. Galappaththim, R.P. and G. Jayasuriya, 1997. A checklist of some of the fauna and flora at Halwathura marshland. Sri Lanka Naturalist, 1: 13-17.
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