Preprints
- Valladares García, A. P., Wijerathna-Yapa,
A., Mishra, S., Or-Rashid, H., Nehra, M., Ramtekey, V.,
Ndah, R., Magar, M. M., Opondo, D., Sasha, Kumar, S., Swati, Tenesi, T.,
Bentley, A. R., & Basnet, B. R. (2022). In the pursuit of equality
for women plant breeders around the world. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7385758
- Li, L., Duncan, O., Ganguly, D.R., Lee, C.P., Crisp, P.,
Wijerathna-Yapa, A., Pogson, B.J., Salih, K.,
- Trosch, J., Millar, A.H., and Pogson, B.J. (2021). Metabolic enzymes
degraded under high light stress - maintain their proteostasis by
coupled transcriptional regulation in Arabidopsis. bioRxiv.doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.10.03.462903
- Li, L., Lee, C. P., Wijerathna-Yapa, A.,
Broda, M., Otegui, M. S., Ganguly, D.R., Pogson, B.J., and Millar. H.
(2021). Defects in autophagy lead to selective in vivo changes in
turnover of cytosolic and organelle proteins in roots and shoots of
Arabidopsis. bioRxiv.doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.04.29.441983
- Wijerathna-Yapa, A., Signorelli, S.,
Fenske, R., Ganguly, D.R., Stroeher, F., Li,L., Pogson, B.J., Duncan,
O., and Millar. H. (2021). Autophagy promotes photomorphogenesis during
seedling development in Arabidopsis in carbon limiting conditions.
bioRxiv.doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.03.25.437007
Peer-reviewed Scientific Journal Articles
- Wijerathna-Yapa, A., Bishnoi, R.,
Ranawaka, B., Magar, M.M., Rehman, H.U., Bharad, S.G., Lorenc, M.T.,
Ramtekey, V., Gohar, S., Lata, C. and Harun-Or-Rashid, M., Razzaq, M.,
Sajjad, M., and Basnet, B.R. (2023). Rice–wheat comparative genomics:
Gains and gaps. The Crop Journal. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cj.2023.10.008
- Pri-Tal, O., Sun, Y., Dadras, A., Fürst-Jansen, J.M.R., Zimran, G.,
Michaeli, D., Wijerathna-Yapa, A., Shpilman,
M., Merilo, E., Yarmolinsky, D., Efroni, I., de Vries, J., Kollist, H.
and Mosquna, A. (2024), Constitutive activation of ABA receptors in
Arabidopsis reveals unique regulatory circuitries. New Phytol, 241:
703-714. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.19363.
- Wijerathna-Yapa, A., Henry, R.J., Dunn, M.
and Beveridge, C.A., (2023). Science and opinion in decision making: A
case study of the food security collapse in Sri Lanka. Modern
Agriculture. 1: 142 -151. https://doi.org/10.1002/moda.18
- Beveridge, C. A., Rameau, C., and Wijerathna-Yapa,
A.. (2023). Learnings from a century of apical dominance
research. Journal of Experimental Botany, erad137-erad137. https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erad137
- Wijerathna-Yapa, A., and Hiti-Bandaralage,
J. 2023. Tissue Culture—A Sustainable Approach to Explore Plant
Stresses. Life, 13(3), 780. https://doi.org/10.3390/life13030780
- Wijerathna-Yapa, A.,and Pathirana, R.
(2022). Sustainable Agro-Food Systems for Addressing Climate Change and
Food Security. Agriculture, 12(10), 1554. https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture12101554
- Wijerathna-Yapa, A., Ramtekey, V.,
Ranawaka, B., Basnet, B.R. (2022). Applications of In Vitro Tissue
Culture Technologies in Breeding and Genetic Improvement of Wheat.
Plants, 11(17):2273. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants11172273
- Li, L., Lee, C. P., Ding, X., Qin, Y., Wijerathna-Yapa,
A., Broda, M., Otegui, M. S., Ganguly, D.R., Pogson, B.J.,
and Millar. H. (2022). Defects in autophagy lead to selective in vivo
changes in turnover of cytosolic and organelle proteins in roots and
shoots of Arabidopsis. The Plant Cell, koac185, https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koac185
- Li, L., Duncan, O., Ganguly, D.R., Lee, C.P., Crisp, P.,
Wijerathna-Yapa, A., Pogson, B.J., Salih, K.,
- Trosch, J., Millar, A.H., and Pogson, B.J. (2022). Metabolic enzymes
degraded under high light stress - maintain their proteostasis by
coupled transcriptional regulation in Arabidopsis. Proceedings of the
National Academy of Sciences 119(20) e2121362119.doi: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2121362119
- Wijerathna-Yapa, A., Signorelli, S.,
Fenske, R., Ganguly, D.R., Stroeher, F., Li,L., Pogson, B.J., Duncan,
O., and Millar. H. (2021). Autophagy mutants show delayed chloroplast
development during de-etiolation in carbon limiting conditions. The
Plant Journal. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/tpj.15452
- Wijerathna-Yapa, A., Stroeher, E.,
Fenske,R., Li, L., Duncan, O., and Millar, H. (2020). Proteomics for
Autophagy Receptor and Cargo Identification in Plants. J. Proteome Res.
American Chemical Society. doi: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jproteome.0c00609
- Sun, Y., Harpazi, B., Wijerathna-Yapa, A.,
Merilo, E., de Vries, J., Michaeli, D., Gal, M., Cuming, A., - Kollist,
H. and Mosquna, A. (2019). A ligand-independent origin of abscisic acid
perception. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science. National
Academy of Sciences. 116 (49) 24892-24899.doi: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1914480116
- Wijerathna-Yapa, A. (2017). Effect on
Biodrying and Rapid Drying of Food Wastes for Biochar Manufacturing. -
Agri Res & Tech 7 (5), 555722.doi:10.19080/ARTOAJ.2017.07.555722
- Kumarihami H.M.P.C., Wijerathna, Y.M.A.M.,
Beneragama, C.K. (2017). Extending the postharvest life of cut - flowers
with floral preservative: mini review. Proceedings of the National
Symposium on Floriculture - Research, Department of National Botanic
Gardens, Sri Lanka. 52-60.
- Wijerathna-Yapa, A. (2017). Transgenic
plants: resistance to abiotic and biotic stresses. JAEID, 111 (1):
245-275.doi: https://doi.org/10.12895/jaeid.20171.643
- Wijerathna, Y.M.A.M. and Kumarihami
H.M.P.C. (2016). Effects of Different Hormonal Concentrations and -
Culture Medium on Multiplication and Rooting of Stage II Banana
(Musa cavendishii). Not Sci Biol, 8(1):69-72. doi: https://doi.org/10.15835/nsb819749
- Wijerathna, Y.M.A.M. (2015).
Marker-Assisted Selection: Biotechnology Tool for Rice Molecular
Breeding. Adv Crop Sci Tech 3: 187. doi:10.4172/2329-8863.1000187.
- Wijerathna, Y.M.A.M. (2015). Application
of Biotechnology in Coconut (Cocos nucifera L.): Sri Lanka. Plant Tissue
Cult. & Biotech. 25(1): 103‐116. doi: https://doi.org/10.3329/ptcb.v25i1.24130
- Wijerathna, Y.M.A.M., Perera,
A.N.K.,Hamamah,I.B. and Hoang Long. (2015). Application of PCR and MAS:
- Potential Use for Assessment of Genetic Diversity of Rice Germplasm in
Breeding Programs in Developing Countries. Pertanika J. Trop. Agric.
Sci. 38 (2): 161 – 174. JTAS-0613-2014
- Wijerathna, Y.M.A.M., Kottearachchi,
N.S.,Gimhani, D.R. and Sirisena, D.N. (2014). Exploration of
Relationship between Fragrant Gene and Growth Performances of Fragrant
Rice (Oryza Sativa L.) Seedlings under Salinity Stress. Journal of
Experimental Biology and Agricultural Sciences. 2 (1):7-12.Corpus
ID: 81504175
- Wijerathna, Y.M.A.M. (2012). Advances of
Basic Molecular Biology Techniques: Potential to Apply in Plant - Viroid
Detection in Sri Lanka. eSci J. Plant Pathol. 01: 88 – 93.doi:
10.33687/phytopath.001.01.0020
- Wijerathna, Y.M.A.M., Kottearachchi, and
Attanayaka, D.P.S.T.G. (2012). Assessment of Inter and Intra Cultivar
Genetic and Phenotypic Variation in Grain Quality Characteristics of Sri
Lankan Traditional Aromatic Rice (Oryza Sativa L.). Tropical
Agriculturist. 160: 123 - 133.
Theses and Reports
- Wijerathna, Y.M.A.M. 2020. Unravelling the
Underlying Components of Autophagy-mediated Photomorphogenesis of
Arabidopsis thaliana. (Ph.D. dissertation, The University of Western
Australia). https://doi.org/10.26182/2hpj-7605
- Wijerathna, Y.M.A.M. 2016. Analysis of
Constitutively Active Pyrabactin Resistance1/Pyr1-like (pyl) Receptors
in Early Development of Arabidopsis thaliana (M.Sc. dissertation, The
Hebrew University of Jerusalem). https://www.nli.org.il/en/dissertations/NNL_ALEPH003951886/NLI
- Wijerathna, Y.M.A.M. 2012. Application of
Biotechnology in Intra Cellular Pathogen Diagnostic of Coconut - (Cocos
nucifera L.) in Sri Lanka. Report on In-plant Training Programme. The
Wayamba University of Sri Lanka.
Conference Papers
- Wijerathna-Yapa, A., Fortuna, N., Cooper,
M. and Beveridge, C. A. 2023. Prior knowledge-driven branching phenotype
prediction for shoot architecture improvement. Prior knowledge-driven
branching phenotype prediction for shoot architecture improvement.
ComBio 2022, Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre (MCE), 27-30
September 2022.
- Fortuna, N. Z., Wijerathna-Yapa, A., and
Beveridge, C. A. 2023 Modelling hormone signalling networks to better
predict branching phenotypes. ComBio 2022, Melbourne Convention and
Exhibition Centre (MCEC), 27-30 September 2022.
- Signorelli, S., Wijerathna-Yapa, A.,
Fenske, R., Ganguly, D.R., Stroeher, F., Li,L., Pogson, B.J., Duncan,
O., and Millar. H. 2022. Methylglyoxal catabolism is induced in
autophagy mutants during photomorphogenesis. ASPB Plant Biology 2022,
Portland, OR. United States, 9-13 July 2022. The American Society of
Plant Biologists.
- Wijerathna-Yapa, A., Fenske, R., Li, L.,
Petereit, P., Cao, H., Stroher, E., Duncan, O,Millar, A.H. 2019.
Application of Proteomics Techniques to Organelle Abundance Profiling of
Arabidopsis thaliana Autophagy Mutants. Abstract presented at the ARC
CoE in Plant Energy Biology Annual Forum 2019. The Alpine Hotel Thredbo
Australia. June 4th - 6th 2019.
- Duncan, O., Wijerathna-Yapa, A., Millar,
A.H. Protein synthesis and degradation in the night and day: how cycling
abundances are established and maintained. 2019. Abstract presented at
the ARC CoE in Plant Energy - Biology Annual Forum 2019. The Alpine
Hotel Thredbo, Australia. June 4th - 6th 2019.
- Wijerathna-Yapa, A., Fenske, R., Li, L.,
Millar, A.H. 2018. Targeted Proteomics for Organelle Abundance Profiling
of Arabidopsis thaliana Autophagy Mutants. Abstract presented at the ARC
CoE in Plant Energy Biology Annual Forum 2018. Novotel Swan Valley Vines
Resort, Australia. September 11th - 13th 2018.
- Wijerathna-Yapa, A., Mosquna, A. 2015.
Screening an Arabidopsis cDNA Library for Interactor Proteins of
Cyclase. The 2nd Pears Foundation Alumni Symposium in Plant Sciences.
The Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food & Environment in
Rehovot, Israel, from September 7th - 9th 2015.
- Wijerathna, Y.M.A.M., Kottearachchi, N.S.,
Gimhani, D.R. and Sirisena, D.N. 2011. Sri Lankan Fragrant Rice (Oryza
Sativa L.) Varieties are Associated with Decreased Salt Tolerance. In:
Proceedings of 11th - Agricultural Research Symposium, 20th -21st
September 2011, Wayamba University of Sri Lanka, 51-55.
Magazine Articles
- Akila Wijerathna. Rich Local Food Systems.
LMD. January 2024. 140.
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Mantra. LMD. October 2023. 142.
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Pangs. LMD. September 2023. 205.
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Security. LMD. April 2023. 140.
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roles. LMD. March 2023. 184.
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reimagining. LMD. December 2022. 141.
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Goal. LMD. October 2022. 135.
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—the value of CEA. LMD. September 2022. 148.
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Idea — Floriculture sector. LMD. August 2022. 147.
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way. LMD. May 2022. 124.
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as a result of COVID-19. LMD. January 2022. 144.
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security. LMD. December 2021. 184.
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Emergencies. LMD. October 2021. 69.
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LMD. September 2021. 132.
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— emphasises the need to empower female smallholder farmers. LMD. August
2021. 138.
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Farming. LMD. July 2021. 174.
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Root. LMD. June 2021. 126.
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risks. LMD. April 2021. 137.
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reducing food waste will curtail greenhouse gases. LMD. March 2021.
155.
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How biotechnology can develop rural economy. LMD. - February 2021.
117.
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degradation. LMD. November 2020. 129.
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in the agriculture sector. LMD. October 2020. 122.
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Failures: The food system woes unearthed by the pandemic. LMD. -
September 2020. 164.
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pursuit of equality. LMD. August 2020. 144.
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impact of urbanization on smallholder farmers. LMD. - April 2020.
150.
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umpteen misconceptions associated with agriculture. LMD. February 2020.
142.
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Collaboration to develop a sustainable global food system. LMD. -
January 2020. 190.
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Challenge. LMD. December 2019. 174.
- Akila Wijerathna. Agro’s Digital
Revolution. LMD. November 2019. 176.
- Akila Wijerathna. Investing in
Development; notes how agricultural growth boosts the wider economy.
LMD. October 2019. 169.
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systems. - LMD. September 2019. 145.
- Akila Wijerathna. Production To Go
Bananas? unpeels the economic benefits of commercializing a fruit!. LMD.
August 2019. 136.
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Farming. LMD. July 2019. 193.
- Akila Wijerathna. Develop Genetic
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2019. 167.
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DNA. LMD. May 2019. 171.
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Gardens. LMD. April 2019. 139.
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Crunch. LMD. March 2019. 155.
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LMD. February 2019. 168.
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Waste. LMD. January 2019. 160.
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Solutions. LMD. December 2018. 168.
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Potential. LMD. November 2018. 197.
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defy the convention. LMD. July 2018. 229.
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Agriculture. LMD. March 2018. 202.
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LMD. February 2018. 172.
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the Cycle. LMD. January 2018. 178.
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Flowering State. LMD. December 2017:198.
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Trees of City Life. LMD. June 2017:206.
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development. LMD. August 2016: 210.
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LMD. July 2016: 236.
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Roadblocks to Research. LMD. May 2016: 187.
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Biotech. LMD. April 2016: 182.
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the Planet Earth. LMD. August 2015: 182.
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regenerating tourism. LMD. June 2015: 195.
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traces domestic waste management to townships. LMD. - March 2015:
169.