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Chinthani Karandeni Dewage is a postdoctoral researcher at the School of Life and Medical Sciences. She has expertise in the area of plant pathology, especially on diseases caused by fungal plant pathogens. Her current research aims to exploit plant and fungal genomics and molecular genetics to improve the understanding of major fungal diseases affecting oilseed rape cultivation in the UK. Her postdoctoral research focuses on developing integrated control strategies for phoma stem canker pathogens (Leptosphaeria maculans and L. biglobosa) on Brassica napus (oilseed rape). She has also been working on the B. napus-Pyrenopeziza brassicae (light leaf spot) pathosystem with emphasis on understanding specific host-pathogen interactions and identification of major gene-mediated and quantitative resistance against P. brassicae.
Chinthani is a member of the Royal Society of Biology and the British Society for Plant Pathology. She represents the School of Life and Medical Sciences on the UH Research Development Group as the early career research representative for the school.
Research interests
- Molecular plant-pathogen interactions
- Exploitation of genetics and genomics to improve crop production
- Host resistance against fungal plant pathogens
- Molecular marker development and QTL mapping
- Pathogen population studies
Education
PhD (University of Hertfordshire, UK, 2019)
MSc (University of Hertfordshire, UK, 2012)
BSc (University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2009)
Education/Academic qualification
Plant Pathology, PhD, University of Hertfordshire
Award Date: 31 Jan 2019
Environmental Management, MSc, University of Hertfordshire
Award Date: 31 Mar 2012
Botany, BSc, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka
Award Date: 30 Sept 2009
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Testing oilseed rape resistance to light leaf spot pathogen
Huang, Y. (PI) & Karandeni Dewage, C. S. (CoI)
1/10/24 → 30/11/25
Project: Research
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Oilseeds Genetic Improvement Network (OREGIN) -Phase 6
Huang, Y. (PI) & Karandeni Dewage, C. S. (CoI)
1/07/24 → 30/06/29
Project: Research
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Investigating the emerging threat to oilseed rape posed by the newly identified phoma stem canker pathogen subclade
Huang, Y. (PI) & Karandeni Dewage, C. S. (CoPI)
1/07/25 → 30/06/26
Project: Research
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IMA GENOME - F20 A draft genome assembly of Agroathelia rolfsii, Ceratobasidium papillatum, Pyrenopeziza brassicae, Neopestalotiopsis macadamiae, Sphaerellopsis filum and genomic resources for Colletotrichum spaethianum and Colletotrichum fructicola: IMA GENOME-F 20F Genome sequence of Pyrenopeziza brassicae, causal organism of light leaf spot disease on Brassica species
D’Angelo, D., Sorrentino, R., Nkomo, T., Zhou, X., Vaghefi, N., Sonnekus, B., Bose, T., Cerrato, D., Cozzolino, L., Creux, N., D’Agostino, N., Fourie, G., Fusco, G., Hammerbacher, A., Idnurm, A., Kiss, L., Hu, Y., Hu, H., Lahoz, E. & Risteski, J. & 12 others, , 17 Feb 2025, In: IMA Fungus. 16, p. 1-48 48 p., e141732.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Leptosphaeria biglobosa inhibits the production of sirodesmin PL by L. maculans
Fortune, J., Bingol, E., Qi, A., Baker, D., Ritchie, F., Karandeni Dewage, C. S., Fitt, B. & Huang, Y., 29 Nov 2022, In: Pest Management Science. p. 1-10 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Effective control of Leptosphaeria maculans increases importance of L. biglobosa as a cause of phoma stem canker epidemics on oilseed rape
Jonathan S West, 26 Oct 2022, In: Pest Management Science. 7248.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Quantitative Trait Locus Mapping for Resistance Against Pyrenopeziza brassicae Derived From a Brassica napus Secondary Gene Pool
Karandeni Dewage, C. S., Cools, K., Stotz, H., Qi, A., Huang, Y., Wells, R. & Fitt, B., 4 Feb 2022, In: Frontiers in Plant Science. 13 , p. 786189 13 p., 786189.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Effects of cultivar resistance and fungicide application on stem canker of oilseed rape (Brassica napus) and potential interseasonal transmission of Leptosphaeria spp. inoculum
Fortune, J. A., Qi, A., Ritchie, F., Karandeni Dewage, C. S., Fitt, B. & Huang, Y., Dec 2021, In: Plant Pathology. 70, 9, p. 2115-2124 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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