Other Memberships/Affiliations
Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science
Degrees:
2006
Doctorate Agricultural Sciences
Agriculture, Horticulture, Plant tissue culture
1998
Master Agricultural Sciences
Agriculture, Horticulture, Plant tissue culture
Publications resulting from Research
Thayamini H. Seran, Hirimburegama K. and Gunasekare M. T. K. (2005). Encapsulation of embryonic axes of Camellia sinensis (L.) O. Kuntze (tea) and subsequent in vitro germination. Journal of Horticultural Science & Biotechnology 80(1): 154-158.
Thayamini H. Seran, Hirimburegama K. and Gunasekare M. T. K. (2006). Direct somatic embryogenesis from explants obtained from in vitro germinated embryonic axes of Camellia sinensis (L.) O. Kuntze. Journal of Horticultural Science & Biotechnology 81(5): 883-890.
Thayamini H. Seran, Hirimburegama K. and Gunasekare M. T. K. (2007). Production of cotyledon-type somatic embryos directly from immature cotyledonary explants of Camellia sinensis (L.). Journal of Horticultural Science & Biotechnology 82(1): 119-125.
Thayamini H. Seran and Brintha I. (2010). Review on maize based intercropping. Journal of Agronomy 9(3): 135-145.
Seran T. H., Meerashahib N. B. M. and Teixeira da Silva J. A. (2011). Influence of coir dust on plant growth of shoe flower (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis) stem cuttings. European Journal of Horticultural Science 76(3): 109-115.
Kamshananthi T. and Thayamini H. Seran (2012) Induction of somatic embryogenesis from cotyledon explants of cashew (Anancardium occidentale L.). International Journal of Agricultural Technology 8(6):2087-2097.
Thayamini H. Seran (2013). In vitro propagation of ginger (Zingiber officinale Rosc.) through direct organogenesis: A Review. Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences 16(24): 1826-1835.
Shahardeen R.N.M and Seran T.H (2013). Impact of animal manure EM-bokashi on seed yield and quality of vegetable cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L.). Bangladesh Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research 48(1): 33-38.
Lavanya Lavakumaran and Thayamini H. Seran (2014). Effect of 6-benzyl-aminopurine and thidiazuron on in vitro shoot organogenesis of Aloe vera (L.) Burm. f. Chilean Journal of Agricultural Research 74(4):497-501.