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Curriculum VitaeName Lalith DB Suriyagoda

Office Address : Department of Crop Science, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Peradeniya, Sri LankaEmail : lalith.suriyagoda@gmail.com; lalith.suriyagoda@uwa.edu.au; laliths@pdn.ac.lk Telephone : 94 81 2395128Researcher ID: B 3446-2011 Personal Websites : http://www.pdn.ac.lk/agri/Staff/suriyagoda_ldb1.html http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=KXJRKTAAAAAJ&hl=en

Educational Qualifications :* Ph.D. Agronomy and Crop Modelling, The University of Western Australia (2011)* M.Sc. Bio-Statistics, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka (2008)* M.Sc. Agriculture, Saga University, Japan (2006) * B.Sc. Agriculture, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka (2003)

Professional Qualifications : Appointments :

Senior Lecturer, Department of Crop Science, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka (2011-to date)

Adjunct Researcher, School of Plant Biology, The University of Western Australia (2011-to date) Secretary, Board of Study Bio-Statistics, Postgraduate Institute of Agriculture, University of

Peradeniya (2013- to date) Member of the teaching panels, Boards of Study Biostatistics and Crop Science, Postgraduate

Institute of Agriculture, University of Peradeniya (2011-to date) Lecturer, Department of Crop Science, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

(2004-2011) Steering Committee Member, Young Scientist Forum, National Science and Technology

Commission, Sri Lanka (June-2014- Dec 2015) Visiting Lecturer, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Open University of Sri Lanka (2007-2008) Visiting Lecturer, Faculty of Agriculture, Rajarata University of Sri Lanka (2011)

Memberships :1. A consulting Editor- Journal of Plant and Soil2. An Associate Editor- Journal of Climate Change and Environmental Sustainability3. Reviewer to Journals; Plant and Soil, Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems, Field Crops Research,

Annals of Botany, Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science, Communication in Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, Crop and Pasture Science, journal of National Science Foundation of Sri Lanka.

4. Member of the scientific committee of the PMA'12, the Fourth International Symposium on Plant Growth Modelling, Simulation, Visualization and Applications, Shanghai, China.

5. Member of the Australian Society of Plant Scientists6. Member of the Japan society of Crop Science (2004-2006)7. Life member of the Applied Statistics Association of Sri Lanka8. Life member of the Soil Science Society of Sri Lanka

Awards : (Professional level)

Presidential Awards in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014 for excellence in research- awarded by the President of Sri Lanka and organized by the National Research Council.

Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship- 2016 to Georg-August University, Gottingen. Merit Award for Scientific Publications in 2011, 2013- awarded by the National Research Council,

Sri Lanka Young Scientist Award- offered by the Conference organizers of the Sustainable Phosphorus

Summit held in 2014 at Montpellier, France

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(Graduate level)Japanese Government (MONBUKAGAKUSHO) Scholarship in 2004 to follow the Masters’ studies at the Saga University, Japan, and the SIRF, UIS and Ad-Hoc top-up scholarships to follow the PhD studies at the University of Western Australia, Australia in 2008. Also received several competitive travel awards offered by different funding sources.

(Undergraduate level) D.S. Senanayake Gold Medal offered by the D.S. Senanayake Memorial Society of Sri Lanka, C. de

S.W. Siriwardena Scholarship, Prof. R.R. Appadurai memorial Scholarship, E.M.R.B. Ekanayake memorial price, Prof. Y.A.D. Senanayake Gold Medal, Prof. H.P.M. Gunasena Gold Medal and the Golden jubilee Gold Medal offered by the Faculty of Agriculture, University of Peradeniya for the most outstanding performance (Batch top-1st out of 196 students) in the 97/98 batch.

Teaching : Postgraduate level- Board of Study in Biostatistics:

ST5101- Calculus and matrix Algebra ST5102- Basic Statistics ST5152- Exploratory and Robust Data Analysis ST5253- Crop Experimentation

Board of Study in Crop Science:CS5107- Protected Culture CS5231- Crop Simulation Modelling CS5133- Plant Nutrient Management in Horticultural Crops CS5207- Physiology of Cereal Crop Production

Board of Study in Agricultural Biology: AB5206- Characterization and Evaluation of Plant Genetic Resources

Undergraduate level- CS1201- Principles of Crop ProductionCS3102- Statistical Methods ICS4111- Rice Production TechnologyCS4112- Advance Field Crop ProductionCS4106: Statistical Modelling

Research Interests : Nutrition and Ecophysiology of Crop Plants, Crop Modelling

Research grants received :

1. Title: Development of appropriate technology for revitalizing paddy cultivation in the Wet zone of Sri Lanka (2014). As a co-investigator Grant number: RG/2014/6/Ag, (Rs: 739,500.50)

2. Title: Title: Optimizing net assimilation rates of two greenhouse vegetable crops through simulation modelling of leaf photosynthesis (2014) Funded by the University of Peradeniya. As a co-investigator Grant number: RG/2014/3/Ag, (Rs: 673,200.00)

3. Title: Growth and phosphorus (P) nutrition diversity of Sri Lankan and introduced rice varieties at variable soil P supply and adaptations to increase the P uptake and use-efficiency when grown in P impoverished soils. Funded by the National Science Foundation Sri Lanka (2014). As the principal investigator (Rs: 4151077.50 ~ US$ 31931)

4. Title: Nutrient and water-use efficiencies of epiphytes, semi-parasites and their hosts. Funded by the University of Peradeniya (2013). As the principal investigator Grant number: RG/2013/02/Ag, (Rs: 445500 ~ US$ 3400)

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5. Title: Assessing the climate resilience of upland cropping systems of Sri Lanka and increasing their adaptation capacity to long-term climate change. (2012) Funded by the Higher Education for the Twenty-First Century (HETC) project, Quality and Innovation Grant (QIG) Window 3 from the Ministry of Higher Education and World Bank. As a co-investigator (Rs: 29.996 million ~ US$ 0.32 million)

6. Title: Adaptive responses of a range of Sri Lankan rice varieties to grow in phosphorus- and moisture-limited and iron toxic soil conditions. (2011) Funded by the Internationl Foundation for Science (IFS), Sweden. As the principal investigator. Grant number C/5140-1 (US$11 000)

7. Title: Studies on the status of phosphorus and potassium nutrients in soil and within the rice plants during the growing season to enhance their use-efficiency. (2011) Funded by the National Research Council of Sri Lanka. As the principal investigator Grant Number:11-179, (Rs: 3093559~ US$ 28 000)

8. Title: Identification of factors determining the work efficiency of University academia and institutions, and development of indices to determine and improve work efficiency’. (2011) Funded by the University of Peradeniya. As the principal investigator Grant number: RG/2011/8/Ag, (Rs: 50000 ~ US$ 500)

Research Publications :

Books and Book Chapters

1. Suriyagoda LDB, Ryan MH, Renton M, Lambers H (2014) Plant responses to limited moisture and phosphorus availability – a meta-analysis. Advances in Agronomy. 124(4), 133-200.

2. Suriyagoda LDB, Peiris BL (2014) Rice grain yield with organic matter addition and reduced nitrogen top-dressing: simulation using APSIM. In Developing Capacity in Cropping System Modelling for South Asia. Eds: Gaydon DS, Saiyed I, Roth C. SAC Monograph, SAARC-Australia project, SAC, Dhaka. pp 147-156.

3. Ryan M, Real D, Suriyagoda L, Lambers H, Renton M, and Pang J (2011). Drought tolerance of some new perennial legumes. RIRDC Publication No. 10/204. Canberra, ACT, Australia. ISBN 978-1-74254-188-4: Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation.

Peer-reviewed journal articles

1. Somaweera KATN, Sirisena DN, De Costa WAJM, Suriyagoda LDB (2016) Age-related morphological and physiological responses of irrigated rice to declined soil phosphorus and potassium availability. Paddy and Water Environment DOI 10.1007/s10333-016-0567-6

2. Suriyagoda LDB, Sirisena DN, Somaweera KATN, Dissanayake A, De Costa WAJM, Lambers H (2016) Incorporation of dolomite reduces iron toxicity, enhances growth and yield, and improves phosphorus and potassium nutrition in lowland rice (Oryza sativa L). Plant and Soil DOI 10.1007/s11104-016-3012-0

3. Vandamme E, Wissuwa M, Rose T, Dieng I, Drame KN, Fofana M, Senthilkumar M, Venuprasad R, Jallow D, Segda Z, Suriyagoda L, Sirisena D, Kato Y, Saito K. (2016) Genotypic variation in grain P loading across diverse rice growing environments and implications for field P balances. Frontiers in Plant Science, 7:1435. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2016.01435

4. Suriyagoda LDB, Tibbett M, Edmonds-Tibbett T, Cawthray GR, Ryan MH (2016). Poor regulation of phosphorus (P) in Ptilotus: extremes of P availability have no effect on plant growth, P uptake or rhizosphere carboxylates in a P hyperaccumulator. Plant and Soil 402: 145-158

5. Shepherd JG, Kleemann R, Bahri-Esfahani J, Hudek L, Suriyagoda L, Vandamme E, van Dijk KC (2016) Our phosphorus future in our hands. Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems. 104, 281–287 Pradheeban L, Nissanka SP, Suriyagoda LDB (2015) Screening commonly cultivated rice cultivars in Sri Lanka with special reference to Jaffna for salt tolerance at seedling stage under hydroponics. International Journal of Agronomy and Agricultural Research 7: 1-13

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6. Somaweera KATN, Suriyagoda LDB, Sirisena DN, De Costa WAJM (2015) Accumulation and partitioning of biomass, nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium among different tissues during the life cycle of rice grown under different water management regimes. Plant and Soil 401:169-183.

7. Somaweera KATN, Suriyagoda LDB, Sirisena DN, WAJM De Costa (2015) Growth, root adaptations, phosphorus and potassium nutrition of rice when grown under the co-limitations of phosphorus, potassium and moisture. Accepted to Journal of Plant Nutrition.

8. Rasika DMD, Ueda T, Jayakody LN, Suriyagoda LDB, Silva KFST, Ando S, Vidanarachchi JK (2015) ACE-inhibitory activity of milk fermented with Saccharomyces cerevisiae K7 and Lactococcus lactis subsp. lactis NBRC 12007. Journal of National Science Foundation Sri Lanka 43:45-55

9. Weerarathne LVY, Suriyagoda LDB, Marambe B (2015) Competitive effects of barnyard grass (Echinochloa crusgalli L. Beauv) on rice (Oryza sativa L.) is less when phosphorus is applied to deeper layers of a phosphorus-deficient soil irrespective of the soil moisture availability. Plant and Soil 391:1-17

10. Amarasingha RPRK, Suriyagoda LDB, Marambe B, Gaydon DS, Galagedara LW, Punyawardena R, Silva GLLP, Nidumolu U, Howden M (2015) Variable-date of planting increases crop and water productivity of rice (Oryza sativa L) in Sri Lanka. Agricultural Water Management. 160:132-143

11. Weerakkody WAP, Suriyagoda LDB (2015) Modelling leaf and canopy photosynthesis of pot chrysanthemum; towards intensive canopy management. Scientia Horticulturae. 192:237-243.

12. Malaviarachchi MAPWK, De Costa WAJM, Kumara JBDAP, Suriyagoda LDB, Fonseka RM. (2015) Response of Mung Bean (Vigna radiata (L.) R. Wilczek) to an increasing natural temperature gradient under different crop management systems. Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science DOI: 10.1111/jac.12131

13. Amarasinhga RPRK, Galagedara LW, Marambe B, Silva GLLP, Punyawardena R, Nidumolu U, Howden M, Suriyagoda LDB (2014) Modelling the impact of changes in rainfall distribution on the irrigation water requirement and yield of short and medium duration rice varieties using APSIM during maha season in the dry zone of Sri Lanka. Tropical Agriculture Research. 26: 274-284

14. Malaviarachchi MAPWK, De Costa WAJM, Fonseka RM, Kumara JBDAP, Abhayapala KMRD, Suriyagoda LDB (2014) Response of maize (Zea mays L.) to a temperature gradient representing long-term climate change under different soil management systems Tropical Agriculture Research 25: 327-344

15. Amarasinhga RPRK, Galagedara LW, Marambe B, Silva GLLP, Punyawardena R, Nidumolu U, Howden M, Suriyagoda LDB (2014) Aligning sowing dates with onset of rains improve rice yields and water productivity: Modelling Oryza sativa L. in Maha season in the dry zone of Sri Lanka. Tropical Agriculture Research 25: 277-286

16. Pradheeban L, Nissanka NAASP, Suriyagoda LDB (2014) Clustering of rice (Oryza sativa L.) varieties cultivated in Jaffna District of Sri Lanka based on salt tolerance during germination and seedling stages. Tropical Agriculture Research 25: 358-375

17. Abhayapala KMRD, De Costa WAJM, Fonseka RM, Prasannath K, De Costa DM, Suriyagoda LDB, Abeythilakeratne PD, Nugaliyadde MM (2014) Response of Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) to Increasing Growing Season Temperature Under Different Soil Management and Crop Protection Regimes in the Upcountry of Sri Lanka. Tropical Agricultural Research 25, 455-469

18. Kumara J, Suriyagoda LDB, de Costa W, Mallaviarachchi M (2014) Modelling canopy development, biomass and yield of maize (Zea mays L.) under optimal management. Tropical Agricultural Research 25, 214-227

19. Jayasinghe H, Suriyagoda LDB, Karunaratne AS, Wijeratne MA (2014). Leaf development and expansion in tea [Camellia sinensis (L.) Kuntze] and their relationships with thermal time: a case study. Tropical Agricultural Research 25, 350-359

20. Dalgado M, Suriyagoda L, Zúñiga-Feest A, Borie F, Lambers H (2014) Divergent functioning of Proteaceae species: the South American Embothrium coccineum displays a combination of adaptive traits to survive in high-phosphorus soils. Functional Ecology 28: 1356–1366.

21. Suriyagoda L, De Costa WAJM, Lambers H (2014) Growth and phosphorus nutrition of rice when inorganic fertiliser application is partly replaced by straw under varying moisture availability in sandy and clay soils. Plant and Soil. 384, 53-68.

22. Suriyagoda LDB, Real D, Renton M, Lambers H, Ryan MH (2013) Establishment, survival and herbage production of novel summer-active perennial pasture legumes in the low-rainfall cropping

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zone of Western Australia as affected by plant density and cutting frequency. Crop and Pasture Science 64, 71-85.

23. Suriyagoda LDB, Ranil RHG, Dissanayaka DMSB, Weerakkody WAP (2012) The sustainability of intensive vegetable farming systems in Sri Lanka. ISHS: Chronica Horticulturae. 52, 14-17.

24. Suriyagoda LDB, Lambers H, Renton M, Ryan MH (2012) Adaptive shoot and root responses collectively enhance growth at optimum temperature and limited phosphorus supply of three herbaceous legume species. Annals of Botany. 110, 959-968.

25. Ryan MH, Tibbett M, Edmonds-Tibbett T, Suriyagoda LDB, Lambers H, Cawthray GR, Pang J (2012) Carbon trading for phosphorus gain: the balance between rhizosphere carboxylates and arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis in plant phosphorus acquisition. Plant, Cell & Environment: 36, 2170-2180.

26. Suriyagoda LDB, Ryan MH, Renton M, Lambers H (2012) Growth, carboxylate exudates and nutrient dynamics in three herbaceous perennial plant species under low, moderate and high phosphorus supply. Plant and Soil. 358, 105-117.

27. Suriyagoda LDB, Ryan MH, Lambers H, Renton M (2012) Comparison of novel and standard methods for analysing patterns of plant death in designed field experiments. Journal of Agricultural Sciences. 150, 319-334.

28. Suzuki A, Suriyagoda L, Shigeyama T, Tominaga A, Sasaki M, Hiratsuka Y, Yoshinaga A, Arima S, Agarie S, Sakai T, Inada S, Uchiumi T, Abe M, Hashiguchi M, Akashi R, Sato S, Kaneko T, Tabata T, Hirsch A (2011) Lotus japonicus nodulation is photomorphogenetically controlled by sensing the R/FR ratio through JA signaling. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science. 150, 319-334.

29. Suriyagoda LDB, Ryan MH, Renton M, Lambers H (2011) Above- and below-ground interactions of grass and pasture legume species when grown together under drought and low phosphorus availability. Plant and Soil. 348, 281-297.

30. Suriyagoda LDB, Thilakarathne RMMS, Nissanka SP, Samita S (2011) Analyses of morphological variation in selected rice (Oryza sativa L.) germplasm of Sri Lanka. Journal of the National Science Foundation of Sri Lanka. 39, 35-43.

31. Weerasinghe KWLK, Suriyagoda LDB, Weerakkody WAP (2011) Combined and individual effects of forced-air ventilation, thermal covering and misting on greenhouse environment control. Sri Lankan Journal of Agricultural Science 48, 18-28.

32. Suriyagoda LDB, Lambers H, Ryan MH, Renton M (2010) From controlled environments to field simulations: Developing a growth model for the novel perennial pasture legume Cullen australasicum. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 150, 1373-1382.

33. Suriyagoda LDB, Lambers H, Ryan MH, Renton M (2010) Effects of leaf development and phosphorus supply on the photosynthetic characteristics of perennial legumes with pasture potential. modelling photosynthesis with leaf development. Functional Plant Biology 37, 713-725.

34. Suriyagoda LDB, Ryan MH, Renton M, Lambers H (2010) Multiple adaptive responses of Australian native perennial legumes with pasture potential to grow in phosphorus- and moisture-limited environments. Annals of Botany 105, 755-767.

35. Kumara Mahipala MBP, Krebs GL, McCafferty P, Dods K, Suriyagoda BMLDB (2009) Faecal indices predict organic matter digestibility, short chain fatty acid production and metabolizable energy content of browse-containing sheep diets. Animal Feed Science and Technology 154, 68-75.

36. Herath HMNK, Suriyagoda LDB, Amarasiri KESN, Premaratne KP, Weerakkody WAP (2008) Applicability of straight fertilizers and compost in greenhouse tomato cultivation. Sri Lankan Journal of Agricultural Science 45, 33-46.

37. Suriyagoda LDB, Peiris BL (2008) Estimating Genetic Parameters from Diallel experiments using SAS/IML. Sri Lankan Journal of Applied Statistics 8, 83-94.

38. Suriyagoda LDB, Nissanka SP, Thilakarathne M (2008) Path analysis of yield related traits on grain yield and dry matter partitioning of traditional and improved rice varieties. Sri Lankan Journal of Agricultural Science 43, 22-39.

39. Karunarathne KM, Suriyagoda LDB (2008) Inheritance of grain yield of a half-diallel of maize. Annals of the Sri Lanka Department of Agriculture 67-72.

40. Suriyagoda LDB, Suzuki A, Arima S (2007) Growth and yield performance of Water chestnut accessions (Trapa spp.) from Asia and Europe. Plant Production Science 10(3), 372-379.

41. Suriyagoda LDB, Suzuki A, Arima A (2006) Canopy growth and ecological relationships of Water chestnut (Trapa spp.) from Asia and Europe. Bulletin of Fac. Agr., Saga University 92, 45-51.

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Conference proceedings (published as extended abstracts)1. Suriyagoda LDB, Ryan MH, Real D, Lambers H, Renton M (2009) An integrated approach to model

the establishment, water use and growth of new perennial pasture species. 18th World IMACS/ MODSIM Congress Cairns, Australia 13-17 July 2009, 602-608.

2. Amarasingha RK, Suriyagoda LDB, Marambe B, Galagedara LW, Silva GLLP, Punyawardena R, Nidumolu U, Howden M, Parson D, Mainke H (2015) Yield advantage and water productivity of maize-mungbean inter-cropping systems in the Dry Zone of Sri Lanka; a modelling approach. Proceedings of the 17th ASA Conference, 20 – 24 September 2015, Hobart, Australia. available at www.agronomy2015.com.au/1293.

3. Fernando MEKK, Amarasekara DABN, Amarasingha RK, Suriyagoda LDB, Marambe B, Galagedara LW, Silva GLLP, Punyawardena R, Parson D, Mainke H (2015) Validation of APSIM for long duration rice varieties in different agro-climatic zones of Sri Lanka. Proceedings of the 17th ASA Conference, 20 – 24 September 2015, Hobart, Australia. available at www.agronomy2015.com.au/949.

4. Somaweera KATN, Sirisena DN, De Costa WAJM, Suriyagoda L (2013) Growth, phosphorus and potassium nutrition of long- and short-age rice (Oryza sativa L.) varieties under limited moisture availability. 4th Annual International Symposium on Agriculture and Environment (ISAE), 28th Nov 2013, University of Ruhuna, Sri Lanka. pp 440-443.

5. Amarasingha RK, Suriyagoda LDB (2013) Evaluation of the recent nitrogen fertilizer recommendation for rice variety Bg 300 in dry zone of Sri Lanka through a modelling approach. 4th Annual International Symposium on Agriculture and Environment (ISAE), 28th Nov 2013, University of Ruhuna, Sri Lanka. pp 217-220.

6. Malaviarachchi MAPWK, De Costa WAJM, Fonseka RM, Kumara JBDAP, Suriyagoda LDB (2015) Can seasonal temperature extremes alter the growth and yield of mungbean (Vigna radiata (L.) R. Wilczek)? An investigation with different agronomic management packages conducive for climate adaptation. Annals of the Department of Agriculture, Sri Lanka. 17: 92-96.

7. Amarasingha RPRK, Suriyagoda LDB (2014) Evaluation of new fertilizer recommendation for Bg300 and Bg359 in Dry zone through modelling approach. Proceeding of Symposium on Young Scientist Forum, Colombo, Sri Lanka. pp 12-15.

8. Somaweera KATN, Sirisena DN, De Costa WAJM, Suriyagoda L (2013) Interaction of limited soil phosphorus and potassium availability and moisture stress on growth of rice (Oryza sativa L.). 17th International Plant Nutrition Colloquium (IPNC), Istanbul, Turkey, pp 573-574.

9. Suriyagoda L, De Costa WAJM, Wijerathna RMS, Lambers H (2013) Growth and phosphorus nutrition of rice in clay and sandy soils under terminal drought. 17th International Plant Nutrition Colloquium (IPNC), Istanbul, Turkey, pp 724-725

10. Karunarathne KM, Suriyagoda LDB (2008) Inheritance of grain yield of a half-diallel of maize. Proceedings of the 10th Asian Regional Maize Workshop, Makassar, Indonesia. 59-67.

11. Arima S, Suriyagoda LDB, Suzuki A (2006) A Morphological characterization of some Water chestnut (Trapa spp.) from Asia and Europe. Japan Journal of Crop Science 75, 272-273.

Conference proceedings (published as abstracts)

1. Priyadarshana UAC, Kurukulasuriya MS, Suriyagoda LDB, Punyawardena BVR, Silva GLLP (2015) A case study on infectious brusal disease and new castle disease in relation to climatic pattern in poultry in north central province of Sri Lanka. Proceeding of the Peradeniya University International Research Sessions, Sri Lanka, 19:166.

2. Abhayagunasekara AVC, Sirisena DN, Suriyagoda LDB, Rajapaksha RLRGS, Wanninayaka WMN (2014) Yield component’s and biomass production of exotic rice germplasm under low-fertile soil conditions. 5th Annual International Symposium on Agriculture and Environment (ISAE), 27th Nov 2014, University of Ruhuna, Sri Lanka. pp -.

3. Amarasinhga RPRK, Suriyagoda LDB, Galagedara LW, Marambe B, Silva GLLP, Punyawardena R, Nidumolu U, Howden M (2014) Validation of APSIM (Agricultural Production Systems Simulator Model) for maize (Zea mays L.) in the dry zone of Sri Lanka. Wayamba International Conference, Kuliyapitiya, Sri Lanka. Accepted

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4. Suriyagoda L, Weerarathne V, Sirisena D, Wissuwa M (2014) Towards the selection of phosphorus efficient rice varieties. Book of Abstracts of the Sustainable Phosphorus Summit. Montpellier, France, 39.

5. Weerarathne V, Suriyagoda L, Marambe B (2014) Rice is more competitive than barnyard grass when soil phosphorus and moisture availabilities are limited. Book of Abstracts of the Sustainable Phosphorus Summit. Montpellier, France, 59.

6. Somaweera T, Suriyagoda L, de Costa J, Sirisena D (2014) Sequential changes occurring in the growth of rice when declining the soil phosphorus fertility. Book of Abstracts of the Sustainable Phosphorus Summit. Montpellier, France, 59.

7. Suriyagoda L, Sirisena D, de Costa J, Lambers H (2014) Growth and phosphorus nutrition of rice in response to dolomite application under iron toxicity. Book of Abstracts of the Sustainable Phosphorus Summit. Montpellier, France, 63.

8. Pradheeban L, Nissanka SP, Suriyagoda LDB (2014) Screening commonly cultivated rice varieties in Jaffna for reaction to salinity at seedling stage under hydrophonics. Book of Abstracts of the SLCARP International Agricultural Research Symposium. Colombo, Sri Lanka, 17.

9. Weerarathne LVY, Marambe B, Suriyagoda LDB (2014). Effect of phosphorus placement and water management on phosphorus nutrition and growth of rice and barnyard grass. Book of Abstracts of the SLCARP International Agricultural Research Symposium. Colombo, Sri Lanka, 47.

10. Rupasinghe RL, Aluvihare WBWMRCP, Weerakkody WAP, Beneragama CK, Suriyagoda LDB (2014) Adaptability of cut rose varieties for shade and high temperature conditions in tropical greenhouses. Book of Abstracts of the SLCARP International Agricultural Research Symposium. Colombo, Sri Lanka, 85.

11. Abhayapala KMRD, Fonseka RM, De Costa WAJM, Suriyagoda LDB (2014) Growth and yield of potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) to increasing growing season temperature under different agronomic practices in the up country of Sri Lanka. Proceedings of the Higher Education for the Twenty First Century (HETC) Project, Sri Lanka, 91.

12. Pradheeban L, Nissanka NAASP, Suriyagoda LDB (2014) Salt tolerance of rice varieties cultivated in Jaffna at seedling stage in poly-tunnel under hydroponics. Proceedings of the Higher Education for the Twenty First Century (HETC) Project, Sri Lanka, 97.

13. Kumara JBDAP, Suriyagoda LDB, De Costa WAJM (2014) Estimation of leaf initiation and canopy development in widely grown maize, mungbean and tomato varieties in Sri Lanka. Proceedings of the Higher Education for the Twenty First Century (HETC) Project, Sri Lanka, 98.

14. Malaviarachchi WK, Kumara JBDAP, De Costa WAJM, Fonseka RM, Suriyagoda LDB (2014) Performance of mungbean (Vigna radiata (L.) R. Wilczek) across three agro-ecological regions representing a temperature gradient and under different crop adaptation systems. Proceedings of the Higher Education for the Twenty First Century (HETC) Project, Sri Lanka, 99.

15. Karunarathna KASS, Mohotti KM, Mohotti AJ, Sangakkara UR, Suriyagoda LDB (2014) Short term impacts of biochar incorporated soil on early growth of selected perennial and annual crops. Proceedings of the Peradeniya University International Research Sessions, Sri Lanka, 18: 574.

16. Bandara HMSS, De Costa WAJM, Suriyagoda LDB (2014) Variation of root characters in selected short-duration rice varieties representing different periods of rice varietal improvement in Sri Lanka. Proceedings of the Peradeniya University International Research Sessions, Sri Lanka, 18: 576.

17. Amarasingha RPRK, Suriyagoda LDB, Marambe B, Galagedara LW, Silva GLLP, Punyawardena R (2014) Validation of ‘apsim’ model for short and medium age rice varieties in different agro-climatic zones of Sri Lanka. Proceedings of the Peradeniya University International Research Sessions, Sri Lanka, 18: 582.

18. Weerarathne LVY, Marambe B, Suriyagoda LDB (2014).Sub-soil phosphorus placement reduces the competitiveness of barnyard grass [Echinochloa crusgalli (L.) beauv.] on the early growth of rice (Oryza sativa L.) irrespective of the moisture availability. Proceedings of the Peradeniya University International Research Sessions, Sri Lanka, 18: 596.

19. Somaweera KATN, Suriyagoda L, Sirisena DN, De Costa WAJM (2014). Initial changes of phosphorus and poatassium in low-land paddy soils and responses of rice plants (Oryza sativa L.) under fertilized and unfertilized conditions. Proceedings of the Peradeniya University International Research Sessions, Sri Lanka, 18: 604.

20. Delgado M, Suriyagoda L, Zúñiga-Feest A, Borie F, Lambers H (2013) Embothrium coccineum, a South American Proteaceae species, displays a novel combination of adaptive traits playing a key role

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in survival at high phosphorus levels. 4th international workshop Advances in Science and Technology of Bio-resources, 4-6th Dec 2013, Pucón, Chili

21. Somaweera, KATN, Amarasingha RPRK, Suriyagoda LDB (2013) Agronomic constrains for rice crop production in Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka Plant Protection Industry Journal, Vol 7, pp 111-116.

22. Imalka JHKT, Eeswara JP, Weerakkody WAP, Suriyagoda L (2012) Selection of a suitable nutrient program for given gerbera types in mid country intermediate zone. 5th National Symposium of Floriculture Research 2012 (NaSFLOR – 2012) on 17th December 2012.

23. Vithana SMBP, Eeswara JP, Weerakkody WAP, Suriyagoda LDB, Chandrasiri RS (2012) Interactive effects of gibberellins and fertilizer on growth and flowering of gerbera. 5th National Symposium of Floriculture Research 2012 (NaSFLOR – 2012) on 17th December 2012.

24. Suriyagoda LDB, Ryan MH, Renton M, Lambers H (2011) Plant phosphorus uptake modeling considering rhizosphere progresses. Rhizosphere-3 international conference. Perth, Australia

25. Suriyagoda LDB, Ryan MH, Renton M, Lambers H (2010) Grass and pasture legume interactions when grown together under drought and low-phosphorus availability. 4th International Symposium Phosphorus Dynamics in the Soil-Plant Continuum (ISP4), Beijing, China.

26. Suriyagoda LDB, Ryan MH, Renton M, Lambers H (2009) Potential of Australian native perennial legumes (Cullen spp). as pastures for marginal soils. COMBIO-09. Christchurch

27. Suzuki A, Suriyagoda L, Tominaga AY, Yoshimi H, Thurs MS, River RD, Uchiumi T, Abe M, Tadashi M, Akashi R, Sakai T, Inada S, Sato M, Kaneko T, Tabata S, Arima S (2009) Lotus japonicus nodulation in the R / FR ratio of receptor reaction. Annual Meeting of Japanese Society of Plant Physiologists Nagoya, Japan.

28. Samita S, Suriyagoda LDB (2007) Handling overdispersion in design experiments. Proceeding of the IX Biennial Conference of International Biometric Society (Indian Region), 2

29. Arima S, Suriyagoda LDB, Suzuki A (2006) Water Chestnut; An aquatic emergency crop. Proceeding of the European Society of Agronomy, Warsaw, Poland, 613-614.

30. Suriyagoda LDB, Maeda S, Uchiumi T, Abe M, Kucyo K, Sato S, Kaneko T, Tabata S, Suzuki A (2006) Phytochrome B influences root elongation and nodulation of Lotus japonicus. Proceeding of the Japanese Society of Botany-Kyushu Okinawa region, 26.

31. Suriyagoda LDB, Suzuki A, Arima A (2006) Phytochrome B influences shoot meristem activity and root morphophysiology in Lotus japonicus. Proceeding of the Annual research session. University of Peradeniya, 13.

32. Maeda S, Suriyagoda L, Sawada S, Obuchi S, Arima S, Uchiumi T, Abe M, Higashi S, Kucyo K, Suzuki A (2005) Root nodule formation in ABA related mutants of Lotus japonicus. Proceeding of the 15th annual meeting of Japanese Society of Plant Microbe Interactions, 21.

Keynote/Invited Papers : 1. ‘Plant adaptations to grow in moisture- and phosphorus-limited environments; searching for

desirable plant traits’ at the School of Agriculture and Environment, The University of Sydney, 12th Dec 2012.

2. ‘Novel methods for modeling the growth of novel crop and pasture species’ at the Institute of Agriculture, The University of Western Australia, 2011.

Research student supervision Ph.D./M.Phil students :

1. KATN Somaweera- Principal Supervisor(Research title: Studies on the status of phosphorus and potassium nutrients in soil and within the rice plants during the growing season to enhance their use-efficiency)

Postgraduate Institute of Agriculture, University of Peradeniya(Expected completion in 2016)

2. Aruna Kumara- Principal Supervisor(Research title: Growth and water-use efficiency of maize, cowpea and tomato in a ecological gradient in Sri Lanka and prediction of their resilience to an increase in environment temperature)

Postgraduate Institute of Agriculture, University of Peradeniya(Expected completion in 2016)

3. Loha Pradheeban– Co- Supervisor(Research title: Salt tolerance of Sri Lankan rice varieties and predicting their growth and production with salt stress development)

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Postgraduate Institute of Agriculture, University of Peradeniya(Expected completion in 2016)

4. Ruwanga Amarasinghe-Principal Supervisor(Research title: Evaluating the productivity and stability of major rice based annual cropping systems in the dry zone of Sri Lanka through a modelling approach)

(Expected completion in 2016)5. Sadeeka Jayasinghe– Co- Supervisor

(Research title: Leaf Development and Expansion in Tea [Camelia sinensis (L.) O. Kuntze] and their relationship with Thermal Time: A Case Study)

(Expected completion in 2016)6. Anuruddha Dissanayake- Principal Supervisor

(Research title: Performance of rice grown in iron toxic soil conditions and associated changes in plant and soil due to the application of dolomitic limestone)

(Expected completion in 2016)7. Deepthika Kekulandara- Principal Supervisor

(Research title: Characterization of Sri Lankan rice varieties for phosphorus (P) uptake efficiency under P deprived soil conditions and identification of the genetic basis for the diversity of P uptake and use-efficiency) (Expected completion in 2017)

8. ALC De Silva- Co-supervisor (Research title: Varietal response of sugarcane to enhancing climate and soil conditions in Sri Lanka)

(Expected completion in 2017)

I have also supervised four (04) directed studies of MSc students from the Board of Study Biostatistics and Board of study Crop Science at the Postgraduate Institute of Agriculture, and one (01) student from the Open University of Sri Lanka.

Workshops attended:1. Modelling rice cropping systems through STICS– organized by INRA on May 2013 in Kandy Sri

Lanka.2. Rice based cropping systems modelling through APSIM– organized by SAARC and CSIRO, Australia

on May 2011, Oct 2011 and Jan 2013 at Dhaka, Bangladesh and May 2012 in Kandy Sri Lanka.3. Climate change and forecasting crop production of selected cropping systems– organized by

CSIRO, Australia on May 2012, April 2013.

Contribution to the University Community:1. Secretary/ Student Welfare and Advisory Sub Committee of the Faculty of Agriculture 20072. Secretary/ Computer Unit Management Subcommittee of the Faculty of Agriculture 20123. President/ Publication and Public Relation Sub Committee of the Faculty of Agriculture 20124. Served as a member of various other committees at the Faculty and University5. Senior Academic Sub-warden, Jayathilaka Hall in 2016

Non Related Referees

1. Prof. Hans LambersSchool of Plant Biology, Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Science,The University of Western Australia,Australia.(e-mail: hans.lambers@uwa.edu.au)

2. Prof. N. ClaassenDepartment of Crop Sciences and Plant Nutrition,University of Goettingen,Carl-Sprengel-Weg 1,37075 Goettingen,

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Germany.(e-mail: nclaass@gwdg.de)

I declare that the particulars provided above are true and accurate according to my understanding.

LDB Suriyagoda 23/06/2016