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My doctoral study was basically focused on Agricultural Biology and Plant Protection Technology<\/strong>..\u00a0 Therefore, I have good theoretical and practical knowledge with regard to the subjects of General Microbiology, Applied Microbiology, Bacteriology, Mycology, Molecular Biology, Biotechnology, Bioprocess Technology, Bioinformatics, Immunology, Transcriptomic Analysis, Gene Expression Analysis, Plant Pathology, Plant Protection, Disease Diagnostics, Molecular Taxonomy, Genetic Engineering and Postharvest Biology Technology. In addition to that, I have been working on Postharvest Pathology of perishables and non-perishable agricultural crop commodities. Analysis of a differentially-expressed gene profile in resistant banana cultivar after infection by Colletotrichum<\/em> musae<\/em>,<\/strong> Development of DNA probe to detect Bergamo Viruses<\/em> in C<\/strong>hili plant tissues<\/strong>, Effect of Crop Management Practices on Populations of Soil Microorganisms, Evaluation of traditional practices to manage Callosobruches<\/em> sp. (pulse beetle) in black grams’ storage, Acceptability and proximate evaluation of a new biscuit developed using Pouteria Campesina<\/em> [Lavulu] fruit flour, Determination of the expression of defense-related genes in papaya leaf tissues of plants treated with plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) to manage papaya ringspot virus (PRSV) disease <\/strong>and Development of a DNA probe to detect the pathogen of white leaf disease of sugarcane<\/strong> \u00a0are some of my previous publication on plant pathology. In contrast, I am working on biological control of postharvest diseases, identification of major causal organisms of economically important fruit crops and screening and identification of potential antagonistic microorganisms\/bio control agents from soil, fruit and leaf surfaces<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/2″] <\/p>\n\t\t\t Postgraduate Institute of Agriculture, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t <\/p>\n\t\t\t Postgraduate Institute of Agriculture, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t <\/p>\n\t\t\t Faculty of Agriculture and Plantation Management, Wayamba University of Sri Lanaka, Makadura, Gonawilla, NWP,Sri Lanka<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t <\/p>\n\t\t\t Higher Professional Training Institute, North Western Province, Kurunegala, Sri Lanka<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t <\/p>\n\t\t\t The Open University of Sri Lanka, Nawala, Nugegoda,Sri Lanka.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul>[\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″] Department of Agricultural Technology, Faculty of Technology, University of Colombo, Sri Lankan<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t University College of Anuradhapura, University of Vocational Technology Sri Lanka<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t Department of Postharvest Technology, University College of Anuradhapura, University of Vocational Technology Sri Lanka<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t Department of Department of Agricultural Biology, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t Department of Agricultural Biology, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t Postgraduate Institute of Agriculture, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t South Asian Clinical Toxicology Research Collaboration (www.sactrc.org), Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t Board of Study in Plant Protection, Postgraduate Institute of Agriculture, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Peradeniya <\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t <\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_single_image image=”106″ img_size=”225*300″ alignment=”center”][vc_btn title=”Google Scholar” style=”outline-custom” outline_custom_color=”#666666″ outline_custom_hover_background=”#666666″ outline_custom_hover_text=”#ffffff” align=”center” el_class=”research-btn” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fscholar.google.com%2Fcitations%3Fuser%3DY_s65voAAAAJ%26hl%3Den|||”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”3\/4″][vc_column_text] My doctoral study was basically […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-pagebuilder.php","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/technology\/arunakumara\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/94"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/technology\/arunakumara\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/technology\/arunakumara\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/technology\/arunakumara\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/technology\/arunakumara\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=94"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/technology\/arunakumara\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/94\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":107,"href":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/technology\/arunakumara\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/94\/revisions\/107"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/technology\/arunakumara\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Qualifications, Fellowships and Certifications<\/h3>\n
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Senior Lecturer<\/h4>
Head of Academics Division<\/h4>
Lecturer (Probationary)<\/h4>
Temporary Research Assistant<\/h4>
Temporary Demonstrator<\/h4>
Postgraduate Researcher<\/h4>
Field Research Assistant & Team Leader<\/h4>
Member of the teaching panel for M.Sc in Molecular and Applied Microbiology<\/h4>
Supervisory role for final year research projects<\/h4>