Academic and Professional Qualifications

ACADEMIC DISTINCTIONS & AWARDS

Selected key publications

Tennakoon, P. L. K., Rajapaksha, R. M. C. P., & Hettiarachchi, L. S. K. (2019). Tea yield maintained in PGPR inoculated field plants despite significant reduction in fertilizer application. Rhizosphere, 10, 100146.

Balasooriya, W. K., Huygens, D., Rajapaksha, R. M. C. P., & Boeckx, P. (2016). Effect of rice variety and fertilizer type on the active microbial community structure in tropical paddy fields in Sri Lanka. Geoderma, 265, 87-95.

Rajapaksha, R. M. C. P. (2011). Heavy metal tolerance of culturable bacteria and fungi in a long-term cultivated tropical ultisol. European journal of soil biology, 47(1), 9-15.

Rajapaksha, R. M. C. P., Herath, D., Senanayake, A. P., & Senevirathne, M. G. T. L. (2011). Mobilization of rock phosphate phosphorus through bacterial inoculants to enhance growth and yield of wetland rice. Communications in soil science and plant analysis, 42(3), 301-314.

Rajapaksha, R. M. C. P., Tobor-Kap?on, M. A., & Baath, E. (2004). Metal toxicity affects fungal and bacterial activities in soil differently. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 70(5), 2966-2973.

 

Awards, Scholarships/Grants

Comparative Analysis of Climate-Resilient Biodiversity of Homegarden ecosystems in Different Agro-ecological Regions of Sri Lanka; Collaborator scientists for soil biodiversity aspect; research grant awarded by National Science Foundation of Sri Lanka.

Assessing the gross nitrification and nitrogen fixation in rice and maize grown soils added with phytoextractants and nitrogen fixing bacteria. research grant awarded by University of Peradeniya