Dr. (Mrs.) HKLK Gunasekera

B.Sc. Agriculture (Hons), PhD (Agronomy)

Senior Lecturer Grade I

Department of Agricultural and Plantation Engineering

An experienced research scientist on Physiology and Agronomy of Agricultural Crops and Medicinal Plants

Agronomy and Physiology of Field crops and Plantation crops, Organic farming, Ornamental Horticulture, Medicinal plants and Invasive aquatic plants.

AGI3552 – Crop Production and Technology
AGX4404 – Crop Technology
AGJ5368 – Indigenous Knowledge of Herbal Products
AGX5415 – Horticulture and Landscape Technology
AGI5274 – Fruit Crops and Cut Flower Production
AGX6387 – Plantation Crop Technology

  • Postgraduate Research Present status: In progressStudent: Ms. AMSUM AttanayakeDegree: MPhil

    Title: Effect of organic manure under global temperature stress on growth, yield and secondary metabolites of medicinal plants Heen Araththa (Alpina calcarata), Lunuwila (Bacopa monnieri) and Ashwagandha (Withania somnifera).

    Year of Registration: 2023

• Elected member of the Institute of Biology of Sri Lanka.

• Life member of the Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science (SLAAS).

• Member of Science and Technology Management Information System (STMIS), National Science Foundation (NSF) of Sri Lanka. Registration No: NSF/STMIS/09/6646.

• Won the “President’s Award” for Scientific Publications – 2012 Two research papers published in International Scientific Journals cited in the Science Citation Index of 2007, 2008 and 2009.

• Won the “Best Presenter Award” (overall award out of 39 research paper presentations) of the Fourteenth Annual Congress of the Postgraduate Institute of Agriculture (PGIA), University of Peradeniya, held on 21-22 November 2002.

• Research paper presentation was adjudged the “Best Presentation” of the technical session on “Agronomy, Plant Breeding and Physiology” at the 14th Annual Congress of the Post Graduate Institute of Agriculture (PGIA) held at the Plant Genetic Resources Centre (PGRC).