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  • RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN GRAIN YIELD AND PHYSIOLOGICAL TRAITS OF DURUM WHEAT VARIETIES UNDER DROUGHT AND HIGH TEMPERATURE STRESS IN MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENTS 
    Barutcular, Celaleddin; Sabagh, Ayman El; Koc, Mujde; Ratnasekera, Disna (2017)
    Drought and associated high temperatures are the major environmental stresses limiting wheat productivity in Mediterranean region. To evaluate the physiological and yield responses of durum wheat varieties under ...
  • A reporting format for leaf-level gas exchange data and metadata 
    Ely, K. S.; Rogers, A.; Agarwal, D. A.; Ainsworth, E. A.; Albert, L. P.; Ali, A.; Anderson, J.; Aspinwall, M. J.; Bellasio, C.; Bernacchi, C.; Bonnage, S.; Buckley, T. N.; Burnett, A. C.; Busch, F. A.; Cavanagh, A.; Cernusak, L. A.; Crystal-Ornelas, R.; Damerow, J.; Kumarathunge., D.; Yang, S. (Elsevier, 2021-03-01)
    Leaf-level gas exchange data support the mechanistic understanding of plant fluxes of carbon and water. These fluxes inform our understanding of ecosystem function, are an important constraint on parameterization of ...
  • Resistance of Oryza nivara and Oryza eichingeri derived lines to Brown planthopper, Nilaparvata lugens (Stal) in Sri Lanka 
    Madurangi, S.A.P.; Samarasinghe, W.L.G.; Senanayake, S.G.J.N.; Hemachandra, P.V.; Ratnasekera, Disna (National Science Foundaton, 2011-01)
    Abstract: This study evaluates the basis of Brown planthopper (BPH) resistance in O. nivara (9864, WRAC 04), O. eichingeri (TC 01, TC 02), IR 54751-2-34-10-6-2 (an introgression line of Oryza officinalis), Ptb 33, Bg ...
  • Response of Crops to Heat Stress in a Warming World: Adaptation Measures under Sri Lankan Context. 
    Weerasinghe, K. W. L. K.,; Nalaka, G. D. A.; Kumarathunge, D. P. (The Institute of Biology Sri Lanka., 2020-09-25)
    Rising temperatures impose heat stress for a wide variety of crops, negatively influencing their growth and development leading to yield losses. Each crop species has its own thermal thresholds at different growth stages ...
  • A REVIEW ON VARIOUS FACTORS WHICH AFFECTING SUSTAINABLE MAIZE (Zea mays L.) PRODUCTION UNDER DROUGHT STRESS 
    Sabagh, Ayman EL; Hossain, Akbar; Barutcular, Celaleddin ; Anjorin, Folake B; Islam, Mohammad Sohidul; Ratnasekera, Disna; Kizilgeçi, Ferhat; Yada, Gulab Sin; Yıldırım, Mehmet; Saneoka, Hirofumi (CrossMark, 2017-12)
    Maize is an essential dietary component in human food and in animal feed formulation throughout the world. With the rising trend of global climate change, grain yield and quality losses of maize are expected to increase, ...
  • ROLE OF OSMOPROTECTANTS AND SOIL AMENDMENTS FOR SUSTAINABLE SOYBEAN (Glycine max L.) PRODUCTION UNDER DROUGHT CONDITION: A REVIEW 
    EL Sabagh, Ayman; Hossain, Akbar; Islam, M.S.; Barutcular, C.; Fahad, Shah; Kumar, N.; Ratnasekera, D.; Meena, Ram Swaroop; Vera, Popović; Saneoka, H. (Horizon Publisher India [HPI], 2018)
    Water stress has a significant effect on yield and quality of soybean through negatively influencing seedling establishment, growth, phenology and finally yield of soybean. The enhancement of soybean productivity and ...
  • Role of Transporters during Heavy Metals Toxicity in Plants 
    Misbah, Naz; Islam, Mohammad Sohidul; Iqbal, Muhammad Aamir; Okana, Sytar; Ratnasekera, Disna; Hossain, Akbar ; Mubeen, Muhammad; Rahim, Junaid; Imran, Muhammad; Tahjib-Ul-Arif, Md.; Ahmed, Sharif; Dubey, Anamika; Kumar, Ashwani; Skalicky, Milan; Brestic, Marian; Sabagh, Ayman EL (CRC Press, 2021)
    Under changing climate, plants encounter suboptimal supply of growth factors and heavy metals (HMs) toxicity owing to stressful soil and environmental conditions. The HMs are naturally occurring and heavy atomic weight ...
  • Saline Toxicity and Antioxidant Response in Oryza sativa: An Updated Review 
    Mosur, Mahmuda Binte; Datta, Juel; Rohman, Motiar; Hasanuzzaman, Mirza; Hossain, Akbar; Islam, Mohammad Sohidul; Bukhari, Maham Asif; Jabeen, Tasmiya; Mubeen, Muhammad; Nasim, Wajid; Rehman, Abdul; Ratnasekera, Disna; Llanes, Analía; Athar, Habib-ur-Rehman; Iqbal, Muhammad Aamir; Ahmed, Sharif; Gill, Rafaqat Ali; Ue, Akihiro; Liyun, Liu; Skalicky, Milan; Brestic, Marian; Erman, Murat; Kaya, Yüksel; Sabagh, Ayman EL (Springer, 2022)
    Abiotic stresses such as drought, waterlogging, extreme temperatures, salinity, and mineral toxicity negatively impact the growth and development, yield, and seed quality of crop plants. Presently, abiotic stresses are ...
  • Saline Toxicity and Antioxidant Response in Oryza sativa: An Updated Review 
    Monsur, Mahmuda Binte; Datta, Juel; Rohman, Md. Motiar; Hasanuzzaman, Mirza; Hossain, Akbar; Islam, Mohammad Sohidul; Bukhari, Maham Asif; Jabeen, Tasmiya; Mubeen, Muhammad; Nasim, Wajid; Rehman, Abdul; Ratnasekera, Disna; Llanes, Analía; Athar, Habib-ur-Rehman; Iqbal, Muhammad Aamir; Ahmed, Sharif; Gill, Rafaqat Ali; Hadifa, Adel; Ueda, Akihiro; Liyun, Liu; Skalicky, Milan; Brestic, Marian; Erman, Murat; Kaya, Yüksel; Sabagh, Ayman EL (Springer, 2022)
    Abiotic stresses such as drought, waterlogging, extreme temperatures, salinity, and mineral toxicity negatively impact the growth and development, yield, and seed quality of crop plants. Presently, abiotic stresses are ...
  • Salinity Stress in Cotton: Adverse Effects, Survival Mechanisms and Management Strategies 
    Sabagh, Ayman EL; Islam, Mohammad Sohidul; Iqbal, Muhammad Aamir; Hossain, Akbar; Mubeen, Muhammad; Jabeen, Tasmiya; Waleed, Mirza; Wasaya, Allah; Rahman, Muhammad Habib Ur; Ratnasekera, Disna; Arif, Muhammad; Raza, Ali; Danish, Subhan; Kumari, Arpna; Erman, Murat; Karademir, Cetin; Karademir, Emine; Arslan, Hüseyin; Raza, Muhammad Ali; Fahad, Shah (CRC Press, 2021)
  • Salinity Stress in Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) in the Changing Climate: Adaptation and Management Strategies 
    EL Sabagh, Ayman; Islam, Mohammad Sohidul; Skalicky, Milan; Raza, Muhammad Ali; Singh, Kulvir; Hossain, Mohammad Anwar; Hossain, Akbar; Mahboob, Wajid; Iqbal, Muhammad Aamir; Ratnasekera, Disna; Singhal, Rajesh Kumar; Ahmed, Sharif; Kumari, Arpna; Wasaya, Allah; Syta, Oksana; Brestic, Marian; ÇIG, Fatih; Erman, Murat; Rahman, Muhammad Habib Ur; Ullah, Najeeb; Arshad, Adnan (2021)
  • Seed-Mediated Gene Flow Promotes Genetic Diversity of Weedy Rice within Populations: Implications for Weed Management 
    He, Zhuoxian; Jiang, Xiaoqi; Ratnasekera, Disna; Grassi, Fabrizio; Perera, Udugahapattuwage; Lu, Bao-Rong (2014)
    Increased infestation of weedy rice—a noxious agricultural pest has caused significant reduction of grain yield of cultivated rice (Oryza sativa) worldwide. Knowledge on genetic diversity and structure of weedy rice ...
  • A survey of land for Weligama coconut leaf wilt disease affected palms outside the declared boundary in the Southern Province. 
    Nainanayake, A. D.; Kumarathunga, M. D. P.; De Silva, P. H. P. R. (Coconut Research Institute of Sri Lanka, 2016-11-02)
    After the identification ofthe Weligama Coconut LeafWilt Disease (WCLWD) in 2006, a three km wide boundary zone was declared which stretched from Galle to Tangalle. All suspicious palms recorded within the boundary zone ...
  • Sustainable soybean production and abiotic stress management in saline environments: a critical review 
    Sabagh, Ayman EL; Hossain, Akbar; Islam, Mohammad Sohidul; Barutcular, Celaleddin ; Ratnasekera, Disna; Kumar, Narendra; Meena, Ram Swaroop; Gharib, Hany Sobhy; Saneoka, Hirofumi; da Silva, Jaime A. Teixeira (SOUTHERN CROSS PUBLISHING-AUSTRALIA, 2019)
    Soybean (Glycine max L.) is an important oilseed crop around the world. Soybean growth, development and productivity are affected by changing environments that induce abiotic stresses. In soybean, salinity acts as a major ...
  • The temperature optima for tree seedling photosynthesis and growth depend on water inputs 
    Kumarathunge, D. P.; Drake, J. E.,; Tjoelker, M. G.,; López, R.,; Pfautsch, S.,; Vårhammar, A.,; Medlyn, B. E. (John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2019-12-28)
    Understanding how tree growth is affected by rising temperature is a key to predicting the fate of forests in future warmer climates. Increasing temperature has direct effects on plant physiology, but there are also ...
  • Trees tolerate an extreme heatwave via sustained transpirational cooling and increased leaf thermal tolerance 
    Drake, J. E.; Tjoelker, M. G.; Vårhammar, A.; Medlyn, B.; Reich, P. B.; Leigh, A.; Pfautsch, S.; Blackman, C. J.; Aspinwall, M. J.; Crous, K. Y.; Duursma, R. A.;  Kumarathunge, D.; De Kauwe, M. G.; Jiang, M.; Nicotra, A. B.; Tissue, D. T.; Choat, B.; Atkin, O. K.; Barton, C. V. M. (John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2018-01-07)
    Heatwaves are likely to increase in frequency and intensity with climate change, which may impair tree function and forest C uptake. However, we have little information regarding the impact of extreme heatwaves on the ...
  • Triose phosphate utilization limitation: an unnecessary complexity in terrestrial biosphere model representation of photosynthesis 
    Rogers, A.; Kumarathunge, D. P.,; Lombardozzi, D. L.; Medlyn, B. E.; Serbin, S. P.; Walker, A. P. (John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2020-11-20)
    Triose phosphates are the principal product of photosynthesis. They are used within the chloroplast for starch synthesis, or translocated to the cytosol where they are used to fuel sucrose synthesis. Use of triose phosphate ...
  • TRY plant trait database – enhanced coverage and open access 
    Kattge,J.; Bönisch,G.; Díaz,S.; Lavorel,S; Prentice,I.C.; Leadley,P.; Tautenhahn,S.; Aakala,T.; Werner,G.D.A.,; Abedi,M.; Acosta,A.T.R.; Adamidis,G.C.; Adamson,K.; Aiba,M.; Albert,C.H.; Alcántara,J.M.; Alcázar, C, C.; Aleixo, I.; Kumarathunge, D. P.; Wirth,C. (John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2020-01-01)
    Plant traits—the morphological, anatomical, physiological, biochemical and phenological characteristics of plants—determine how plants respond to environmental factors, affect other trophic levels, and influence ecosystem ...
  • Use of unobserved components model for forecasting non-stationary time series: a case of annual national coconut production in Sri Lanka 
    Brintha, N.K.K.; Samita, S.; Abeynayake, N.R.; Idirisinghe, I.M.S.K.; Kumarathunga, M.D.P. (Postgraduate Institute of Agriculture, Sri Lanka, 2014)
    Forecasting a time series is generally done by using autoregressive integrated moving average (ARIMA) models. The main drawback of this technique is that the time series should be stationary. In reality, this assumption ...
  • Variation in yield and yield components of different coconut cultivars in response to within year rainfall and temperature variation 
    Samarasinghe, C.; Meegahakumbura, M.; Perera, L.;  Kumarathunge, D.,; Dissanayaka, H., (Elsevier, 2018-08-19)
    The yield (no. of nuts/palm/year) of coconut (Cocos nucifera L.) is highly influenced by the amount and distribution of rainfall and year-round temperature. Thisstudy was conducted to evaluate the variation in yield and ...

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