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Awards

December 2015 International Postgraduate Research Award 2015- Australia (later known as RTP scholarship)

December 2015 Australian Postgraduate Award 2015- Australia

February 2021 1. The Merit Award in the category of the most outstanding young researcher-2020 at Wayamba University of Sri Lanka

February 2021 The Award for the publications in indexed journals-2019 at Wayamba University of Sri Lanka

August 2018 The Young Minds Award

November 2017 The OPAL award

April 2015 The best presenter award

August 2011 The best presenter

April 2015 Merit Award for the best performance

Degrees:

2019
Doctorate     Agricultural Sciences
2015
Master     Agricultural Sciences
2012
Undergraduate     Agricultural Sciences

Publications resulting from Research
Peiris, P.U.S., Xu, C.Y., Groves, K.M., Brown, P.H. and Li, Y.J. 2020. Biocontrol efficacy of nematode trapping fungi Arthrobotrys oligospora and A. dactyloides against root-knot nematode in ginger. Acta Hortic. 1269, 141-146 DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2020.1269.19
https://doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.2020.1269.19
Peiris, P. U. S., Li, Y., Brown, P., & Xu, C. 2020. Fungal biocontrol against Meloidogyne spp. in agricultural crops: A Systematic review and meta-analysis. Biological Control, 104-235. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocontrol.2020.104235
Peiris, P.U.S., Li, Y., Brown, P. et al. J Soils Sediments. 2019. Efficacy of organic amendments to control Meloidogyne spp. in crops: a systematic review and meta-analysis. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11368-019-02498-x
Peiris, P. U. S., Xu, C. Y., Li, Y. J. & Brown, P. H. 2018. Estimation of Meloidogyne javanica damage thresholds in sweetpotato In: Gupta, V. V. S. R., Barnett, S. & Kroker, S., eds. 10th Australasian Soilborne Disease Symposium 4th - 8th September 2018 Adelaide, Australia: Australasian Plant Pathology Society, 15-16.
Peiris, P. U. S. (2016), 'Study on Butterfly Visitation Patterns of Stachytarpheta jamaicensis as a Beneficial Plant for Butterfly Conservation', World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology, International Science Index 110, International Journal of Biological, Biomolecular, Agricultural, Food and Biotechnological Engineering, 10(2), 97 - 100.
Peiris, P. U. S and Weerakkody, W.A.P. (2015). Effect of Organic Based Liquid Fertilizers on Growth Performance of Leaf Lettuce (Lactuca Sativa L.), Proceedings of International Conference on Agricultural, Ecological and Medical Sciences (AEMS-2015). April 7-8, 2015 Phuket (Thailand), Pp 39-41.
Peiris, P. U. S., Xu, C. Y., Groves, K.M., Brown, P. H., Li, Y. J. 2017. Assessing the efficacy of chemical and organic nematicide products to control root-knot nematode damage in sweetpotato. Proceedings of International Tropical Agriculture Conference. Pp. 158 20-22 November 2017.
Groves, K.M., Peiris, P. U. S., Brown, P. H. & Li, Y. J. (2016) Assessment of the biocontrol efficacy of nematode trapping fungi against root-knot nematodes. Proceedings of the 9th Australasian Soilborne Diseases Symposium. Editor, RE Falloon. ISBN 978-0-473-37525-9.Pp. 50.
Perera, W. A. M., Jayasinghe, C. V. L. and Peiris, P. U. S. Compositional and antioxidant evaluation of Salvia hispanica L. (chia) seeds, sprouts, microgreens and development of a chia seed-based fortified milk pudding. Proceedings of Undergraduate Research Symposium 2020, Faculty of Livestock, Fisheries & Nutrition, Wayamba University of Sri Lanka, Pp. 31
Peiris, P.U.S. 2020. A Review on Damage Threshold Levels of Meloidogyne spp. in Crops. Proceedings of Wayamba University Research Congress 2020, Wayamba University of Sri Lanka.
R.L.A.A. Eranga, Peiris, P.U.S, R.G.S. Wijesekara, D.C. Abeysinghe, Chandra Dharmasena. Evaluation of growth and yield of tomato plants grown in the biodegradable coir fiber pots. Proceedings of Wayamba University Research Congress 2020, Wayamba University of Sri Lanka

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