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Mrs. K.I.C.Amarasinghe

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)

Senior Lecturer (Grade II)

  • Colombo Regional Center, 3rd floor, Science and Technology building, Room No : 163
  • +94112881269, Ext: 269
  • kiama@ou.ac.lk, indraniama@yahoo.com

I graduated from the University of Colombo in 1981 and worked in the same university as a temporary
demonstrator till 1983. After a period of three years I joined the academic field as a temporary
demonstrator in the Department of Botnay in 1987. In 1991 I was made permanent as an Educational
Assistant in which capacity I served the univeristy till 2011. After my Masters in Plant Cell and Tissue
Culture from the University of Colombo I was promoted to the post Lecturer Probationary in Botany. I
obtained my M.phil. 2018 and from then onwards until todate I serve as a Senior Lecturer in Botany.

Tissue Culture and Climate Change

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)

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

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