Miss Malitha Tharindi

Position: Lecturer (Prob.)

malitha@agri.sab.ac.lk

Office: +94-0452280046

Qualifications

Reading MSc in Plant Biology Conservation and Breeding (Post Graduate Institute of Agriculture, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka)

BSc in Agriculture (Hons), Specialized in Biotechnology, Faculty of Agriculture and Plantation Management, Wayamba University of Sri Lanka

Research Interests

• Plant Breeding
• Molecular Biology
• Gene Expresstion
• Genetic Engineering

Recent Publications

P.W.M. Tharindi, W.K. Balasooriya, B. Suganthan and K. Vivehananthan, "Isolation and Identification of Culturable Cyanobacteria from Paddy Soils of the Intermediate Zone of Sri Lanka" Proceedings of the 15th Agricultural Research Symposium, Wayamba University of Sri Lanka. (2016)

Amarawansa, R.P.U.I., Balasooriya, B.L.W.K., Dandeniya, W.S., Suganthan, B., Tharindi, P.W.M., Dassanayake. D.G.A.T. "Compatibility among N fixing Cyanobacteria Isolated from paddy fields in the Intermediate Zone and Dry Zone of Sri Lanka." Wayamba International Conference.Wayamba University of Sri Lanka (2018)

Balasooriya B.L.W.K, Suganthan B., Vivehananthan K., Gunawardana M.M. and Tharindi P.W.M. "Morphological and Molecular Identification of Cyanobacteria Isolated from Selected Paddy Fields at RRDI, Batalagoda" Proceedings of the Wayamba University Research Congress, Wayamba University of Sri Lanka (2017)