Lecturer
Botany
Faculty of Natural Sciences
Contact:
Colombo Regional Center, 3rd floor, Science and Technology building, Room No : 163
Office: 112881269, Ext: 269 Mobile: 714483918
E-mail: kiama@ou.ac.lk indraniama@yahoo.com
B.Sc.(University of Colombo), PG Diploma in Plant Cell and Tissue Culture (University of Colombo), PG Diploma in Education (Open University of Sri Lanka), M.Sc. in Plant Cell and Tissue Culture (University of Colombo), M.Phil. (Open University of Sri Lanka)
Last Updated on 3 years
Areas of Specialization:Tissue Culture and Climate Change
Research interests:Climate Change and Tissue Culture
Programme Coordination:Coordinator of Biology 1 (BZF 1501) and Biology 3 (BZF 2501) of Credit Certificate for Foundation Courses in science
Course Coordination:Co-Cordinator of BYU 4302 (Systematics of Higher Plants and Animals) , BYU 5303 (Plants and Man) and BYU 5304 ( Soils and Plant Growth)
Researches:Amarasinghe K.I.C., De Silva C.S. & Jayakody L.K.R.R. (2018) Impact of temperature and water stress on growth and yield of rice (Oryza sativa variety ‘Suwandel’) Proceeding of the Open University International Research Sessions (iOURS 2018) ISBN 2012-9912 97-98
Amarasinghe K.I.C., De Silva C.S. & Jayakody L.K.R.R. (2018) Adverse effects of induced high temperature and water stress on tissue cultured banana plants (aaa cv Cavendish) Proceeding of the Institute of Biology Annual Sessions 57
Amarasinghe K.I.C., Dishani P.T.N., De Silva C.S. & Jayakody L.K.R.R. (2017) Preliminary study on impact of induced temperature and water stress on yield parameters of tissue cultured Ananas Comosus (Pineapple) – variety Kew Proceedings of the Annual Academic Sessions of the Open University of Sri Lanka. ISBN 2012-9912 429-433
Amarasinghe K.I.C., Silva T.D. & Weerahewa H.L.D., (2011) In vitro propagation of Gymnema sylvestre Proceedings of the Annual Academic Sessions of the Open University of Sri Lanka 245-248