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Malinda Thilakarathna
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Research
Latest funding
- $415,300
Characterization of a genomic region controlling spikelet number and improved fertility under drought stress in wheat
NSERC · 2024 · Co-investigator
- $82,333
Evaluation of Humaterra composed-based bioinoculants on soil microbial diversity under cereal-oilseed crop rotations
NSERC · 2023 · Principal investigator
- $150,000
Understanding the contribution of humalite for soil health and crop production
NSERC · 2021 · Principal investigator
Characterization of a genomic region controlling spikelet number and improved fertility under drought stress in wheat
Principal investigators: Brar, Gurcharn Singh GS
Keywords: drought tolerance; floret fertility; spikelet development; wheat; wheat breeding; wheat genetics
Evaluation of Humaterra composed-based bioinoculants on soil microbial diversity under cereal-oilseed crop rotations
Principal investigators: Thilakarathna, Malinda MS
Keywords: barley; bioinoculants; canola; compost; nitrogen; soil health; soil microbes; wheat
Understanding the contribution of humalite for soil health and crop production
Principal investigators: Thilakarathna, Malinda MS
Keywords: Cereal crops; Drought stress; Humalite; Humid acids; Oilseed crops; Plant nutrient uptake; Pulses; Soil health; Soil microbes; Soil nutrient availability
Plasma-assisted biological nitrogen fixation and protein production in pulses
Principal investigators: Thilakarathna, Malinda
Keywords: Pulses Protein Biological Nitrogen Fixation Seed Treatments Plasma Nodulation
Discovering the physiological mechanisms and factors that influence underground nitrogen transfer from legumes to nonlegumes
Principal investigators: Thilakarathna, Malinda
Keywords: nitrogen transfer; nitrogen fixation; symbiosis; legumes; root nodules; root exudates; rhizosphere; rhizobia; biotic-abiotic stress; mycorrhizae
Discovering the physiological mechanisms and factors that influence underground nitrogen transfer from legumes to nonlegumes
Principal investigators: Thilakarathna, Malinda
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
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