Ms. T.D.C. Priyadarshani

PLANT PROTECTION,PLANT PATHOLOGY, PLANT DISEASE EPIDEMIOLOGY, PLANT DISEASE CONTROL, ENVIRONMENTAL FRIENDLY DISEASE MANAGEMENT

MASTER OF SCIENCE IN PLANT PROTECTION, POST GRADUATE INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURE, UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA

MASTER OF PHILOSOPHY IN PLANT PROTECTION, POST GRADUATE INSTITITE OF AGRICULTURE, UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA

2015 BEST PRESENTER OF THE SESSION ON “ENTOMOLOGY” AWARDED TO THE BEST PRESENTER OF THE ENTOMOLOGY SESSION AT THE 27TH ANNUAL CONGRESS NOVEMBER, 2015, POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURE, UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA, SRI LANKA
2012 ANANDA AMERASINGHE MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP AWARDED FOR THE EXAMINATIONS HELD DURING THE ADVANCED PROGRAMME AGRICULTURE (INCLUDING 4200 SERIES), FACULTY OF AGRICULTURE, UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA, SRI LANKA
2012 S H F PERERA MEMORIAL PRIZE AWARDED TO THE STUDENT WHO SHOWS THE GREATEST COMPETENCE AT THE 4000 SERIES EXAMINATION, FACULTY OF AGRICULTURE, UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA, SRI LANKA
2012 DR J W L PEIRIS GOLD MEDAL IN AGRICULTURAL BIOLOGY AWARDED TO THE STUDENT WHO OBTAINS, IN THE FIRST ATTEMPT, THE HIGHEST GRADE OF NOT LESS THAN A-FOR THE COMPULSORY COURSES OF THE ADVANCED PROGRAMMED OFFERED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL BIOLOGY OF THE B. SC. AGRICULTURE DEGREE (FOR ALL SUBJECTS OBTAINED “A” PASSES), FACULTY OF AGRICULTURE, UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA, SRI LANKA
2006 PRIZE FOR UNIVERSITY SELECTION, IBBAGAMUWA CENTRAL COLLEGE, SRI LANKA
2005 SCHOOL PRIZE FOR THE HIGHEST MARKS FOR ADVANCE LEVEL BIOLOGY
2005 SCHOOL PRIZE FOR THE HIGHEST MARKS FOR ADVANCE LEVEL AGRICULTURE SUBJECT
2004 SCHOOL PRIZE FOR THE HIGHEST MARKS FOR THE ADVANCE LEVEL BIOLOGY SUBJECT
2004 SCHOOL PRIZE FOR THE HIGHEST MARKS FOR THE ADVANCE LEVEL AGRICULTURE SUBJECT

2020 ONWARDS SENIOR LECTURER IN PLANT PATHOLOGY

DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SCIENCES, FACULTY OF AGRICULTURE, RAJARATA

UNIVERSITY OF SRI LANKA

2015-2020 LECTURER (PROBATIONARY) IN PLANT PATHOLOGY

DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SCIENCES, FACULTY OF AGRICULTURE, RAJARATA

UNIVERSITY OF SRI LANKA

2014-2015 RESEARCH ASSISTANT (M. PHIL BY RESEARCH)

POST GRADUATE INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURE, UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA

2013-2014 TEACHING ASSISTANT AT MAHAILLUPPALLAMA SUB CAMPUS

FACULTY OF AGRICULTURE, UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA

2012-2013 RESEARCH ASSOCIATE

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL BIOLOGY, FACULTY OF AGRICULTURE, UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA

T.D.C. PRIYADARSHANI, W. M. D. M. WICKRAMASINGHE, W. C. P. EGODAWATTA, D. I. D. S. BENERAGAMA, P. A. WEERASINGHE, D.A.U.D. DEWASINGHE. 2022. EFFECT OF RATES AND SOURCES OF N FERTILIZER APPLICATION ON DYNAMICS OF RICE BROWN LEAF SPOT DISEASE (BIPOLARIS ORYZAE) INCIDENCES IN THE DRY ONE OF SRI LANKA, JOURNAL OF TROPICAL CROP SCIENCE VOL 09.
W. M. D. M. WICKRAMASINGHE, T. D. C. PRIYADARSHANI, W. C. P. EGODAWATTA, D. I. D. S. BENERAGAMA, U. G. A. I. SIRISENA, U. S. HERATH. 2021. EFFECT OF NITROGEN FERTILIZER, WEED CONTROL AND SEED RATE ON INCIDENCE AND SEVERITY OF NARROW BROWN LEAF SPOT IN RICE CULTIVATION UNDER DRY ZONE OF SRI LANKA, RUHUNA JOURNAL OF SCIENCE, FACULTY OF APPLIED SCIENCE, UNIVERSITY OF RUHUNA, MATARA. VOL 12 (2): 155 -166, DECEMBER 2021.
T. D. C. PRIYADARSHANI, U. S. HERATH, W. M. D. M. WICKRAMASINGHE, W. C. P. EGODAWATTA, D. I. D. S. BENERAGAMA, U. G. A. I. SIRISENA , FACTORS AFFECTING INCIDENCE OF NARROW BROWN LEAF SPOT OF RICE CAUSED BY CERCOSPORA JANSEANA, CEYLON JOURNAL OF SCIENCE, 51 (1) 2022.
T.D.C. PRIYADARSHANI, K.S. HEMACHANDRA, U.G.A.I. SIRISENA AND H.N.P.WIJAYAGUASEKARA.2016. DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY AND FEEDING EFFICIENCY OF MENOCHILUS SEXMACULATA (COLEOPTERA: COCCINELLIDAE) (FABRICIUS) REARED ON APHIS CRACCIVORA (HEMIPTERA:APHIDIDAE) (KOCH), TROPICAL AGRICULTURE RESEARCH. VOL. 27 (2): 115-122. (BEST ORAL PRESENTATION)
T.D.C. PRIYADARSHANI, K.S. HEMACHANDRA, U.G.A.I. SIRISENA AND H.N.P.WIJAYAGUASEKARA.2017. MASS REARING OF CHEILOMENES SEXMCULATUS ((COLEOPTERA: COCCINELLIDAE)) ON DIFFERENT DIETS UNDER LABORATORY CONDITIONS, TROPICAL AGRICULTURE RESEARCH VOL. 28(2): 192-201.

T.D.C. PRIYADARSHANI, K.S. HEMACHANDRA, U.G.A.I. SIRISENA AND H.N.P.WIJAYAGUASEKARA.2016. SURVIVAL AND DEVELOPMENT OF MENOCHILUS SEXMACULATUS (FABRICIOUS) (COLEOPTERA : COCCINELLIDAE) LARVAE ON FORMULATED DIET: AN ATTEMPT FOR MASS REARING. P.23-25. PROCEEDINGS OF THE I N T E R N A T I O N A L S Y M P O S I U M ON AGRICULTURE A N D E N V I R O N M E N T 201 6 , 13TH JANUARY 2016. FACULTY OF AGRICULTURE, UNIVERSITY OF RUHUNA, SRI LANKA. ISSN 1800-4830.
K.S. HEMACHANDRA, B.P.U.R. BANDARA, W.A.P. WEERAKKODY, J.K.S WASANTHA, U.G.A.I. SIRISENA, T.D.C. PRIYADARSHANI AND J.M. SOORASENA. 2013. DIVERSITY AND ABUNDANCE OF GROUND BEETLES (CARABIDAE: COLEOPTERA) IN ECO-FRIENDLY HOME GARDENS IN COMPARISON WITH CONVENTIONAL HOME GARDENS IN SOUTHERN DRYZONE OF SRI LANKA. P. 257-260. IN: WIJERATNE, W.M.M.P., WANNIARACHCHI, S.D., KUMARA, W., ATAPATTU, N.S.B.M., RATNASEKARA, D., RANATUNGA, N.P. (EDS.) PROCEEDINGS OF THE INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON AGRICULTURE AND ENVIRONMENT 2013, 28THNOVEMBER 2013, FACULTY OF AGRICULTURE, UNIVERSITY OF RUHUNA, SRI LANKA. ISSN 1800-4830.
T. D. C. PRIYADARSHANI, AND K. S. HEMACHANDRA. 2013. A PRELIMINARY STUDY ON THE ARTHROPOD PREDATORY COMMUNITY IN THE CABBAGE ECO SYSTEM. P. 237. PERADENIYA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH SESSION 2012, 4TH JULY 2013, UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA, SRI LANKA.
T. D. C. PRIYADARSHANI, AND K. S. HEMACHANDRA. 2013. ANALYSIS OF ARTHROPOD PREDATORY COMMUNITY IN CABBAGE ECOSYSTEM OF MID COUNTRY REGION OF SRI LANKA. P. 37-40.PROCEEDINGS OF THE UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH: DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL BIOLOGY, UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA.
K. S. HEMACHANDRA, B. P.U.R. BANDARA, W.A.P. WEERAKKODY, J.K.S. WASANTHA, U.G.A.I.SIRISENA, T.D.C. PRIYADHARSHANI AND J.M. SOORASENA. 2014. COMPARISON OF SOIL-DWELLING INSECT FAUNA IN ECO- FRIENDLY VERSUS CONVENTIONAL HOME GARDENS, AT SELECTED LOCALITIES IN HAMBANTHOTA DISTRICT. P. 8. 1ST RUHUNA INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE 2014, 22ND AND 23RD JANUARY 2014, FACULTY OF SCIENCES, UNIVERSITY OF RUHUNA, MATARA, SRI LANKA. ISSN 1391-8796.
D. M. A. SENANAYAKE , K. S. HEMACHANDRA, T. D. C. PRIYADARSHANI, U. G. A. I. SIRISENA, 2014.ABUNDANCE AND DIVERSITY OF PARASITOID FAUNA IN FALLOW RICE ECOSYSTEMS IN DRY AND INTERMEDIATE ZONES OF SRI LANKA. P.237. IN: SUBASINGHE, S.MC.U.P., GUNAWARDENA, U.A.D.P., JAYAWARDENA, D.T., BANDARA, N.J.G.J., AMARASEKARA, H.S., SINGHAKUMARA, B.M.P., PERERA, P.K.P. (EDS). PROCEEDINGS OF NINETEENTH INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY AND ENVIRONMENT SYMPOSIUM 2014, 24TH AND 25TH OF OCTOBER 2014, DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE, UNIVERSITY OF SRI JAYEWARDENEPURA, SRI LANKA.
K.S. HEMACHANDRA, B.P.U.R. BANDARA, W.A.P. WEERAKKODY, J.K.S. WASANTHA, U.G.A.I.SIRISENA, T.D.C. PRIYADARSHANI AND J.M. SOORASENA PAPER ID 406 : COMPARISON OF DIVERSITY AND ABUNDANCE OF HYMENOPTERAN PARASITOIDS IN ECO-FRIENDLY HOME GARDENS AND CONVENTIONAL HOME GARDENS IN HAMBANTHOTA DISTRICT OF SRI LANKA, INTERNATIONAL PERADENIYA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH SESSION 2014 , UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA, PERADENIYA, SRI LANKA
T.D.C. PRIYADARSHANI, K.S. HEMACHANDRA AND U.G.A.I. SIRISENA. 2015. DIVERSITY OF COCCINELLID BEETLES IN SELECTED CROP FIELDS IN THE KANDY DISTRICT SRI LANKA, P. 307. PERADENIYA UNIVERSITY INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH SESSIONS 2015, 5TH AND 6TH NOVEMBER 2015FACULTY OF ENGINEERING, UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA, PERADENIYA, SRI LANKA. ISBN 978-955-589-201-8.
T.D.C. PRIYADARSHANI AND K.S. HEMACHANDRA. 2015. DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY OF MICRASPIS DISCOLOR (FABRICIUS) (COLEOPTERA: COCCINELLIDAE), A PREDATOR OF APHIS CRACCIVORA. P. 113. PROCEEDINGS OF THE 71ST ANNUAL SESSIONS, SRI LANKAN ASSOCIATION FOR ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE, 30TH OF NOVEMBER-4TH DECEMBER 2015. ISSN 1391-0248.
T.D.C. PRIYADARSHANI, K.S. HEMACHANDRA, U.G.A.I. SIRISENA AND H.N.P. WIJAYAGUASEKARA.2016. SURVIVAL AND DEVELOPMENT OF MENOCHILUS SEXMACULATUS (FABRICIOUS) (COLEOPTERA : COCCINELLIDAE) LARVAE ON NATURAL AND FORMULATED DIETS: AN ATTEMPT FOR MASS REARING, P. 296. PERADENIYA UNIVERSITY INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH SESSIONS 2016, 4TH AND 5TH NOVEMBER 2016, FACULTY OF DENTAL SCIENCES, UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA, PERADENIYA, SRI LANKA. ISBN 978-955-589-2254
S. A. M. C. SAMARAKOON, T.D.C PRIYADARSHANI, K.S. HEMACHANDRA AND U. G. A. I. SIRISENA.2014. ASSESSMENT OF EGG PARASITOIDS IN PADDY AND VEGETABLE FARMING SYSTEMS IN PULIYANKULAMA AND MAHAILLUPPALAMA AREA, ANURADHAPURA DISTRICT OF SRI LANKA. P. 4. 4TH RUHUNA INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE 2017, 26TH JANUARY 2014, FACULTY OF SCIENCES, UNIVERSITY OF RUHUNA, MATARA, SRI LANKA. ISSN 1391-8796.
G. R. P. M. SAMARANAYAKA, D. M. DE COSTA AND T. D. C. PRIYADARSHANI. 2017. POTENTIAL OF MANAGING CARROT SOFT ROT CAUSED BY ERWINIA CAROTOVORA USING A BACTERIAL ANTAGONIST, BURKHOLDERIA SPINOSA. 9TH ANNUAL RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM PROCEEDINGS. FACULTY OF AGRICULTURE, RAJARATA UNIVERSITY OF SRI LANKA. 74.
G.L.T.A. BANDARA, D. M. DE COSTA, G. D. N. MENIKE AND T. D. C. PRIYADARSHANI. 2019. EFFECT OF ECO-FRIENDLY NURSERY MANAGEMENT MEASURES OF CAMELLIA SINENSIS ON SOIL MICROBIAL DENSITY AND DIVERSITY. 11TH ANNUAL RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM PROCEEDINGS. FACULTY OF AGRICULTURE, RAJARATA UNIVERSITY OF SRI LANKA. 70.
S.S.N. SAMARASINGHE, D. M. DE COSTA AND T. D. C. PRIYADARSHANI. 2019. EFFECT OF ECO- FRIENDLY NURSERY MANAGEMENT MEASURES ON GROWTH PERFORMANCES AND INDUCTION OF HOST PLANT RESISTANCE OF CAMELLIA SINENSIS. 11TH ANNUAL RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM PROCEEDINGS. FACULTY OF AGRICULTURE, RAJARATA UNIVERSITY OF SRI LANKA. 72.
S.S.N. SAMARASINGHE, D. M. DE COSTA AND T. D. C. PRIYADARSHANI. 2019. EFFECT OF ECO- FRIENDLY NURSERY MANAGEMENT MEASURES ON GROWTH PERFORMANCES AND INDUCTION OF HOST PLANT RESISTANCE OF CAMELLIA SINENSIS. 11TH ANNUAL RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM PROCEEDINGS. FACULTY OF AGRICULTURE, RAJARATA UNIVERSITY OF SRI LANKA. 72.
K.M.A.N. ALLES, P.C.G. BANDARANAYAKE AND T.D.C. PRIYADARSHANI. 2020. A NOVEL PROTOCOL OF GENETIC TRANSFORMATION OF CUSCUTA CAMPESTRIS. 12THANNUAL RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM PROCEEDINGS. FACULTY OF AGRICULTURE, RAJARATA UNIVERSITY OF SRI LANKA.
K.W.A. MADUSHAN, P.N. YAPA, D.M.D. DISSANAYAKE AND T.D.C. PRIYADARSHANI. 2020. EFFECT OF ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAL FUNGI ON GROWTH AND YIELD OF LOWLAND RICE (ORYZA SATIVA L.) INTERCROPPED WITH VETIVER GRASS (CHRYSOPOGON ZIZANIOIDES L.). 12THANNUAL RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM PROCEEDINGS. FACULTY OF AGRICULTURE, RAJARATA UNIVERSITY OF SRI LANKA.
D.D. KARUNARATHNA, T.D.C. PRIYADARSHANI, G.D.N. MENIKE AND P.A. WEERASINGHE. 2020. SCREENING OF POTENTIAL ANTAGONISTIC MICROORGANISMS AGAINST RICE BLAST. 12THANNUAL RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM PROCEEDINGS. FACULTY OF AGRICULTURE, RAJARATA UNIVERSITY OF SRI LANKA.

DELIVER THE INVITED GUEST LECTURE ON “ECOLOGICAL BASED PLANT DISEASE MANAGEMENT” IN A GLOBAL CONFERENCE ON ‘EMERGING AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH TO ENDURE THE PREDICAMENT OF COVID-19 PANDEMIC’ ON DECEMBER 12-13, 2020, AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS AND SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION (AESSRA), NEW DELHI IN COLLABORATION WITH IQAC, TRIVENI DEVI BHALOTIA(TDB), KAZI NAZRUL UNIVERSITY, RANIGANJ, BURDWAN, WEST BENGAL, INDIA.

CONDUCTED CROP CLINIC IN WEHERATHANNA, ATHAWETUNUWEWA AND KIRIIBBANWEWA VILLAGES, MAHAWELI SYSTEM "L" IN 2022

• ACT AS A CO-CONTROLLER IN G. C. E. (A/L) EXAMINATION IN YEAR 2016, 2019 AND 2022.

• SUPPORTIVE SERVICE TO THE MADUKANDA JATHIKA PASALA FOR THE PREPARATION OF G. C. E. (A/L) EXAMINATION, BIOSYSTEM EXAMINATION.