Research Areas
- Identification of pathogen/s associated with yellow leaf and mosaic disease in sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum L.) in Sri Lanka
- Determination of the quality of cinnamon quills after primary processing at three levels of value chain in Galle district
- Phytoremediation of soil contaminated by hydrocarbons.
- Development of bacteria mediated bioremediation technique for hydrocarbon contaminated soils.
- Effects of selected herbicides on soil total microbial activity and cyanobacteria
- In-vitro propagation of medicinal and ornamental plants.
- Improvement of in-vitro propagation systems of banana.
- Diversity and phylogentic analysis of Cinnamomum spp. (Family Lauraceae) and Calotropis (Family Apocynaceae) found in Sri Lanka.
- Nutrient content of mangrove propagules
- Serpentine soil patches in the southern region of Sri Lanka
- Gene expression and signal transduction of Rhizophora mucronata in water stress response
- Effect of Allelochemicals of Casuarina equistifolia on some selected weed species
- Conservation of critically endangered mangrove species, Lumnitzera littorea by using tissue culture and vegetative methods
