Selected Publications
Paranagama, P. A. and Gunasekera, J. A. (2009) The Efficacy
of the Essential Oils of Sri Lankan Cinnamomum zeylanicum
fruit and Micromelum minutum leaf against Callosobruchus
maculatus (F.) (Coleoptera: Bruchidae), Journal of Essential
Oil Research, in press.
Kannangara, B.T.S.D.P., Rajapaksha, R. S. C. G. and Paranagama,
P.A. (2009) Nature and bioactivities of endolichenic fungi
in Pseudocypellaria sp., Parmotrema sp., and Usnea sp.
at Hakgala montane forest in Sri Lanka, Journal of Letters
in Applied Microbiology, 48, 203-209.
Wijeratne, E. M. K.; Paranagama, P. A.;Burns, A. M.;
Marron, M. T.; Gunatilaka, M. K.; Arnold, A. E; Gunatilaka,
A. A. L. (2008) Sesquiterpene Quinones and Related Metabolites
from Phyllosticta spinarum, A Fungal Strain Endophytic
in Platycladus orientalis of the Sonoran Desert, J. Nat.
Prod., 71, 218 – 222.
Paranagama, P.A. Wijeratne, E. M., and Gunatilaka, A.
A. L. (2007) Uncovering Biosynthetic Potential of Plant-Associated
Fungi: Effect of Culture Conditions on Metabolite Production
by Paraphaeosphaeria quadriseptata and Chaetomium chiversii,
J. Nat. Prod. 70, 1939 - 1945.
Paranagama, P. A.; Wijeratne, E. M. K.; Burns, A. M.;
Marron, M. T.; Gunatilaka, M. K.; Arnold, A. E; Gunatilaka,
A. A. L. Heptaketides from Corynespora sp. (2007) Inhabiting
the Cavern Beard Lichen, Usnea cavernosa: First Report
of Metabolites of an Endolichenic Fungus, J. Nat. Prod.,
70, 1700–1705.
Wijeratne, E. M., Paranagama, P.A. and Gunatilaka, A.
A. L. (2006): Five new isocoumarins from Sonoran desert
plant-associated fungal strains Paraphaeosphaeria quadriseptata
and Chaetomium chiversii, Tetrahedron, 62, 8439 –
8446.
Rubasinghe, G. R.S., Paranagama, P. A. and Abeywickrama,
K.P. (2006) Physiochemical changes of stored cowpea, Vigna
unguiculata treated with selected essential oils to control
cowpea bruchid, Callosobruchus manculatus (F.), Journal
of Food Agriculture and Environment,04, 41-44.
Abeywickrama, K.P., Adhikari, A.C.C.K., Paranagama, P.A.
and Gamage, C.S.P. (2006): The efficacy of essential oil
of Alpinia calcarata (Rosc.) and its major constituent,
1,8-cineole, as protectants of cowpea against Callosobruchus
manculatus (F.) (Coloeptera; Bruchidae), Canadian Journal
of Plant Science, 821-827.
Paranagama, P.A. and Ekanayake, E.M.K.S. (2004): Repellent
properties of essential of Alpinia calcarata ROSC. against
american cockroach, Periplenata americana, Journal of
National Foundation, 32, (1&2), 1-12.
Paranagama, P.A., Connolly, J.D., Strang, R.H.C. (2004):
Azadirachtin effects protein synthesis in fat body, haemolymph,
ovary and mid gut of the locusts, Schistocerca gregaria,
Journal of National Science Foundation, 32, (1&2),
13-28.
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