{"id":8366,"date":"2025-07-30T09:36:52","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T09:36:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agri.jfn.ac.lk\/?page_id=8366"},"modified":"2025-08-14T04:46:54","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T04:46:54","slug":"dr-s-j-arasakesary","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/agri.jfn.ac.lk\/?page_id=8366","title":{"rendered":"Dr. S. J. 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elementor-tab-desktop-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"4\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-2204\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Research<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-2205\" class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-desktop-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"5\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-2205\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Publications<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-2206\" class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-desktop-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"6\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-2206\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Awards<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-2207\" class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-desktop-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"7\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-2207\" aria-expanded=\"false\">CPD<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-2208\" class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-desktop-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"8\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-2208\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Outreach Activities<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tabs-content-wrapper\" role=\"tablist\" aria-orientation=\"vertical\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-mobile-title\" aria-selected=\"true\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-2201\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Academic Profile<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-2201\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-2201\" tabindex=\"0\" hidden=\"false\"><p><em><strong>Education<\/strong><\/em><\/p><ul><li style=\"list-style-type: none;\"><ul><li><b>Ph.D. in Plant Breeding and Genetics\u00a0<\/b><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, India\u00a0<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"list-style-type: none;\"><ul><li><b>M.Sc in Plant Breeding,<\/b><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Punjab Agriculture University, Ludhiana,India<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"list-style-type: none;\"><ul><li><b>B.Sc in Agriculture,<\/b><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, India<\/span><\/p><p><em><strong>Academic positions held<\/strong><\/em><\/p><ul><li style=\"list-style-type: none;\"><ul><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Senior lecturer Grade 1<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Board member of faculty of Applied Science, Vavuniya campus.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Board Member of Faculty of Technology, University of Jaffna.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Board Member of faculty of Agriculture Science, University of Jaffna.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">External evaluator for university research projects.,Vavuniya campus<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-mobile-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-2202\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Admin Positions<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-2202\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-2202\" tabindex=\"0\" hidden=\"hidden\"><p><strong>Faculty Level<\/strong><\/p><ul><li style=\"list-style-type: none;\"><ul><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Coordinator -Career guidance and skill development<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Coordinator for experiential learning<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Acting head, AGB<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Member of OC.\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Coordinator for English courses &#8211; First year.<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><p><strong>University Level<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>Regional\/ National Level<\/strong><\/p><ul><li style=\"list-style-type: none;\"><ul><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Additional Director of Agriculture (research)<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Deputy director of Agriculture research<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Member of national committee on crop improvement and agronomy SLCARP.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Member of experts\u2019 panel to the ministry of Agriculture, Northern Province.<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><p><strong>International Level<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-mobile-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-2203\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Teaching<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-2203\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-2203\" tabindex=\"0\" hidden=\"hidden\"><p><strong>Undergraduate Teaching<\/strong><\/p><ul><li style=\"list-style-type: none;\"><ul><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Course coordinator and conducting lectures on Plant breeding and genetics<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Course coordinator and conducting lectures on plant physiology and environmental biology.<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><p><strong>Postgraduate Teaching<\/strong><\/p><ul><li style=\"list-style-type: none;\"><ul><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Visiting lecture for Msc students on Breeding strategies of economic crops<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><p><strong>Teaching in other Institutions<\/strong><\/p><ul><li style=\"list-style-type: none;\"><ul><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Visiting lecturer for plant breeding\u00a0 at Eastern university<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><p><strong>Diploma\/ Certificate Programs<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-mobile-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"4\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-2204\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Research<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-2204\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"4\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-2204\" tabindex=\"0\" hidden=\"hidden\"><p><strong>Postgraduate Supervision<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>Undergraduate Supervision<\/strong><\/p><ul><li style=\"list-style-type: none;\"><ul><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">More than 10 students for their undergraduate research projects<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reviewed 14 articles for the following symposiums and reviewed one book.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">i.PGIA congress \u2013\u00a0 \u00a0 6\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ii.ICDA (International Conference of Dry zone Agriculture -10<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">iii.ASDA -4\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">iv.VRC 5 articles <\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reviewed 11 Concepts papers submitted to CARP.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Delivered keynote address \u2013in Second National symposium on Agriculture held on 28th August 2016 at Faculty of Agriculture EU Sri Lanka<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><p><strong>Research Grants Received<\/strong><\/p><ul><li style=\"list-style-type: none;\"><ul><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Intermediated with US sponsors based on a success on a drip irrigation farmer field demonstration and received a five year on\u00a0 farm research (50000 USD) on ,micro irrigation and bacterial wilt resistant studies in farmers field with automated irrigated system involving research students form the FOA under outreach committee and being a lead scientist<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Received a us sponsored farmer field demonstration on micro irrigation in five selected beneficiaries\u00a0 in Thiruvauyaru, Killinoccchi (2800000 SLR) under outreach committee<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As the principal scientist I handle a research project for developing high yielding dual purpose cluster onion to improve true seed production along with bulbs as plating materials (CARP, NARP 10.8 million) completed in 2018.(At RARDC, Killinochchi)<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As the principal scientist I handle a research project to identify suitable location for onion production promotion through true seeds in the potential areas of Northern Province of Sri Lanka funded by NSF (1.5 million). (At RARDC. Killinochchi)<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Completed a research project on drip irrigation model funded by \u201cGrama Shakthi\u201d and technical publication on successful drip irrigation system to meet the needs of small farmers for banana cultivation will be released 2020.(2000000 SLR,At RARDC,Killinochchi<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><p><strong>Consultancy Services\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><ul><li style=\"list-style-type: none;\"><ul><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Being an outreach committee member I have been able to contribute in providing a technical prject proposal for developing polyhouses for vegetable production in Jeyapuram.to NECTARLANKA<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Being a co-investigator, I was able to contribute to produce a feasibility study and submitted a technical feasibility study for development of PULLITHIYARU and handed it over to the district secretary, Killinochchi<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Consulted a ground nut village level development project\u00a0 at Mullankavil implemented ran by SAH<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Consulted a ground nut village level development project\u00a0 at Muhavil implemented ran by SLCDF.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Consulted a t village level development project \u00a0 on chilli, groundnut and cluster onion at Thevipuram at Mullathivu. implemented ran SLCDF<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-mobile-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"5\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-2205\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Publications<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-2205\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"5\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-2205\" tabindex=\"0\" hidden=\"hidden\"><p><strong>Full Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals Extended Abstracts<\/strong><\/p><ul><li style=\"list-style-type: none;\"><ul><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Perera, K.D.K., <\/span><b>Arasakesary, S.J<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">., and Chandraratne, M.C.K. (2000 &amp; 2001), Investigation on induce genetic variability in chilli (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Capsicum annum. L.<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) through mutation breeding: <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tropical Agriculturist<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Vol-153, pp 43-50.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">K.D.A.Perera, <\/span><b>S.J.Arasakesary<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and M.C.K.Chandraratne: 2000 &amp; 2001, Effect of maturity stage, drying condition and anthracnose disease on quality dry chilli (Capsicum annum\u00a0 .L.), <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tropical agricultulturist, <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">vol -153<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">pp 51-64.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">K.D.A.Perera, <\/span><b>S.J.Arasakesary<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, K.Kanagara and W.C.J.K.Chandraratne, 2004 &amp; 2005, MI- hot a promising chilli variety released in 2000,\u00a0 <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tropical Agriculturist,<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Vol.155, pp 57 \u2013 61.<\/span><\/li><li><b>S.J.Arasakesary<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, K.Sivatheepan, and K.Sribalasundaram, 2006, Mother plant selection of promising mango land races (Mangifera indica) by fruit character evaluation<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Annals of Sri Lanka, Department of Agriculture<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, pp 1-10<\/span><\/li><li><b>S.J.Arasakesary<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, S.Robin, S.Mononmany, S.Pannerselvam, and N.Marimuthu, 2013, Identification of stable two \u2013 line rice hybrids (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Oryza sativa<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.) using additive main effect and multiplicative interaction (AMMI) model, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Annals of Sri Lanka Department of Agriculture<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.15:121-132.<\/span><\/li><li><b>S.J.Arasaksary,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> B.Bavaleeshwaran, P.Atputhachandran, and S.Vijaratnam, 2013, Agronomic evaluation and characterization of local landraces resistant to shoot and fruit board in Brinjal (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Solanum melogina.<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">L), <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Annals of Sri Lanka Department of Agriculture<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.15:357-360<\/span><\/li><li><b>S.J.Arasakesary<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, S.Robin and S.Manonmani, 2014, Genetic Studies in Thermo Sensitive Genetic Male Sterile Rice (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Oryza Sativa<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. L) Hybrids, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Annals of Sri Lanka Department of agriculture<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.16:23-36<\/span><\/li><li><b>S.J.Arasakesary<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and K.Ranjan, Evaluation of Caster genotypes, 2015, (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ricinus communis<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> L) suitable for dry zone of Srilanka, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Annals of Sril Laka Department of agriculture<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 17:310-314<\/span><\/li><li><b>S.J.Arasakesary<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> S.Manonmani,R puspam and S.Robin, 2015, New temperature sensitive genetic male sterile lines with better out crossing ability for production of two-line hybrid, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rice Science<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, 22(1) 49-52\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li><b>S.J.Arasakesary<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, B.Bowleeswran, P.Atputhachandran, S.Herath AND B.G.R.C.Balasoorya, 2016, A promising multiplier onion (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Allium cepa<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) line with field Resistance to major fungal diseases and possessing moderate flowering efficiency, (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ASDA2016.)<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> pp 37-39<\/span><\/li><li><b>S.J.Arasakesary<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, B.Bowleeswran, P.Atputhachandran, S.Herath AND B.G.R.C.Balasoorya, 2017, A promising multiplier onion (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Allium cepa<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) line with field Resistance to majour fungal diseases and possessing moderate flowering efficiency, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Topical Agriculturist,<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Vol.165:Part1,.<\/span><\/li><li><b>S.J.Arasakesary<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, A.Amirthalojanan and R.Gugapriya, 2017, Positive influence of certain agronomic practices on the productivity improvement of groundnut\u00a0 \u00a0 (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arachis hypogaea<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.l.) in dry zone, (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ASDA2017<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">)<\/span><\/li><li><b>S.J.Arasakesary, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amirthalojanan.A, Gugapiriya.R and T.Yogeswaran, Promising lines of Eggplant (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Solanum melongena<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) Developed through Population improvement of locally popular cultivar \u2013 Plastic, 2019, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Journal of Dry Zone Agriculture<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Vol- 5, pp 10- 15,.<\/span><\/li><li><b>S.J Arasakesary<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, R.Gugapriya and A.Amirthalojanan,\u00a02019, New promising early maturing ground nut (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">arachis hypogaea<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0L.) variety (kcgn-1) suitable for dry and intermediate zone of Srilanka, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ASDA-2019<\/span><\/i><\/li><li><b>S.J Arasakesary<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and A.Amirthalojanan, 2019, Influence of drip irrigation regimes and tuber sizes on tuber yield of king yam (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dioscorea alata<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.L.), In red yellow later sol soils, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ASDA-2019<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li><li><b>S.J Arasakesary<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> ,S.Rajeshkanna, S.Mugunthini and A.Amirthalojanan, 2019,\u00a0 A newly released horana hybrid -01 papaw adaptability under low country dry zone,\u00a0 <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ASDA-2019<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li><li><b>S.J.Arasakesary<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and J.S.sandu, 2003, Evaluation of chickpea genotypes (Cicer arietinum. L.P) for cold tolerant and genetic variability for morphological traits and their relationship with their yield, Extended summary, CARP publication on MSc research<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, CARP<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><p><strong>Books<\/strong><\/p><ul><li style=\"list-style-type: none;\"><ul><li><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vaddakukillaku piranhtiya\u00a0 apividithium uyirpalvagamayum .S.J.Arasakesary\u00a0 Ezuluna publication<\/span><\/i><\/li><li><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0A<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> technical project\u00a0 final report on replicated farmer field demonstration on drop irrigation syste,m fr promotion in northern province: A collaborative farmer research participatory\u00a0 pilot project study project Dr.S.J.Arasakesary,Prof.K.Pakeerathan and &lt;r.P.Ratheepan ;Licneced inder CC 4.0\u00a0 [<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><ul><li style=\"list-style-type: none;\"><ul><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Successful Drip Irrigation System to Meet the needs of Small Farmers for Banana Cultivation, Technical Publication, RARDC, Kilinochchi,2020.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">S.J.Arasakesary, A.Amirthalojanan, M.Sooriasegaran and A. Kandiah, A<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><p><strong>Book Chapters<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>Abstracts Presented at Conferences<\/strong><\/p><ul><li style=\"list-style-type: none;\"><ul><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Perera, K.D.A., and Arasakesary , S. J., (1996) Evaluation of chilli germplasm for resistant to thrips: <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Proceedings of an international seminar on the present state and future prospects of plant genetic resource conservation and characterization, Kandy, Sri Lanka<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, 9th \u2013 12th November 1996.\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Perera, A. M., Perera, K. D. A., Arasakesary, S. J., Methananda, K. A., Edirimana, E. R. S., and Weerasinghe, S. S., (1996) Exchange and evaluation of elite varieties in Sri Lanka, Proceedings of Phase \u2013 <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">International work shop of the South Asian vegetable research network, Kathmandu, Nepal<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, 23rd \u2013 28th January 1996<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">S.J.Arasakesary, K.Sivatheepan, and K.Sribalasundaram and S.Sivakumar, Mother plant selection of promising jack trees (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Artocarpus heterphyllls<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) by fruit character evaluation<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Proceeding of the Abstract on National Symposium on the Biodiversity of the Northern Province of Sri Lanka<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">S.J.Arasakesary, K.Jeganathan, P.Atputhachchandiran, 2007, Yield gain through exploited genetics potentials and true seeds and third generation clones in multiplier onion (Alluma cepa. L), <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Annals of Sri Lanka, Department of Agriculture,<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> pp277-278.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">S.J.Arasakesay, 2008, Rapid Multiplication of Red onion by using immature laterals, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Proceeding of the Vavuniya campus Annual Research Session<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 2008, 11.11.2008<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">S.J.Arasakesary, S.Mononmani, R.Pushpam, S.Robin and K.Thiyarajan, Out crossing potentials of new generation Temperature sensitive Genetic Male sterile (TGMS) Lines of rice<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, International Symposium on 100 years of Rice Research and looking beyond<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, TNAU, India, January 9-12-2012,.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SJ.Arasakesary, S.Mononmani, R.Pushpam, S.Robin and K.Thiyarajan, Two lines Rice Hybrids with good grain Quality, 6th International Hybrids Rice Symposium 10-12 September 2012 Hyderabad, India.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">S.J.Arasakesary, S.Gobigetha and B.G.R.C.Balasooriya, 2014, Characterization and Agronomic Evaluation of Cluster Onion (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Allium cepa<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> L.) Land races Grown in the Jaffna District of Sri Lanka, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SLCARP International Agriculture Research Symposium<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 2014. Sri Lanka council for Agricultural Research policy, 11-12 August, Colombo, Sri Lanka.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">S.J.Arasakesary, B.G.R.C.Balasooriya and Gugapriya, 2015,\u00a0 Morphological and \u00a0 agronomical diversity present \u00a0 in popular cluster Onion \u00a0 (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Allium cepa<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.L.) Land races in northern region of Sri Lanka, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">International symposium on dry zone agriculture<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Faculty of agriculture, University of Jaffna 25th October 2015, p 61.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">P.G.H.M.S.N.Herath, S.J.Arasakesary, M.J.B.Dissanayake and\u00a0 A.A.P.K.Ariyasena, 2017, Effect of different organic soil amendments on the yield and fungal bulb rot incidence of red onion (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Allium cepa<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.L), (ASDA2017)<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">S.J.Arasakesary, T.Karunainathan, S,Sivanesan, A.Amirthalojanan, Study on the level of soil contamination due to saline water intrusion and suitable land reclamation process in selected areas in Kilinochchi District, Sri Lanka, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">4th International Conference on Agriculture and Forestry<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">S.J Arasakesary, R.Gugapriya and A.Amirthalojanan, 2018,\u00a0 Promising breeding lines of cluster onion (Allium cepa L.) suitable to dry zone of Sri Lanka, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SLCARP International Agriculture Research Symposium 2018<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Colombo, Sri Lanka.pp.29.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A.Aginthini, S.J Arasakesary, A. Amirthalojanan, E.P.N. Udhayakumara, 2018, Land evaluation and crop suitability analysis using GIS for karachchi DS division in kilinochchi district, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SLCARP-2018<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, pp.57.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">S. J Arasakesary, S.Mugunthini and A.Amirthalojanan, Seed production potential of advance breeding line of multiplier onion using honeybee under different pollinating condition in the dry zone of sri lanka, (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ASDA-2018<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">)<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Neilagini, P. Sayanthan, A., Gnanavelrajah, N., Rajapaksha, R.M.C.P., Arasakesary,S.J. and Amirthalojanan,A., 2019, Performance of Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria on Cluster Onion (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Allium cepa<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> L) Under Field Condition, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka ,<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ICDA <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2019, pp 79.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">S.A..H.Senaweera, G.Thirukkumaran, S.J.Arasakesary and R. Balasooriya, 2021, Principal Component and Correlation Analysis of Groundnut Germplasm (Arachis hypogaea.l.) Towards Po Filling Ability, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">International Conference of dry zone Agriculture<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Jaffna,\u00a0 2021<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">W.Z. Banu1, P.G.H.M.S.N. Herath\u00a0 and S.J. Arasakesary, 2024, EVALUATION OF RED ONION (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Allium ascalonium<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> L. GENOTYPES) (BREEDING LINES) FOR LEAF TWISTER DISEASE <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">International Conference on Multidisciplinary Research (ICMR 2024) <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eastern University, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu Teachers Education University, India, and ESN Publications, India pp 45,46<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">D.R.N. Abeysinghe1, S.J. Arasakesary and G. Thirukkumaran, 2024,\u00a0 INFLUENCE OF VERNALIZATION IN BOLTING AND BULB PRODUCTION OF CLUSTER ONION (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Allium cepa<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> L.) GERMPLASM DURING YALA SEASON IN KILINOCHCHI <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">International Conference on Multidisciplinary Research (ICMR 2024)<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Eastern University, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu Teachers Education University, India, and ESN Publications, India page 42<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">S.J.Arasakesary, A.Amirthalojanan and R.Gugapriya, 2017,\u00a0 Influence of bulbils sizes at planting on growth and yield of king yam (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dioscorea alata<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.L.) in dry zone, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">International Research Syposium of vavuniya Campus-2017) Value creation for sustainable Development<\/span><\/i><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Dissanayake1,, H.M.S.N. Herath and S.J. Arasekesary, 2024, MORPHOLOGICAL AND PHYSIOLOGICALCHARACTERIZATION OF RECOMMENDED COWPEA (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vigna unguiculata<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> L.) VARIETIES IN RELATION WITH MOISTURESTRESSV. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">International Conference on Multidisciplinary Research (ICMR 2024)<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Eastern University, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu Teachers Education University, India, and ESN Publications, India page pp43<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><ul><li style=\"list-style-type: none;\"><ul><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">M.A.D. Anurhada, P.G.H.M.S.N. Herath, S. Sritharan and S.J.Arasakeary,\u00a0 Identification of Promising Advance Breeding Lines through Preliminary Yield Evaluation from Fourth-Generation Hybrid Clones of Cluster Onion (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Allium ascalonicum<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> L.), \u00a0 <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ICDA 2025<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, p42.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Logaseelan, S. Sritharan and S.J. Arasakesary, Cluster Analysis and Genetic Diversity Studies among Hybrid Clones of Cluster Onion (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Allium cepa<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> L.)\u00a0 <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ICDA 2025<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, p43<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><ul><li style=\"list-style-type: none;\"><ul><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chukirthan, S. and Arasakeasary, S.J. 2025. Suitable protocol for establishing nodal explant culture of a seedless Indian Blackberry <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Syzygium cumini. Proceedings of the 2 nd International Conference on Technological Research and Innovation <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2013 Faculty of Technology, EUSL. 34.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bandara G.M.C.S., Arasakesary S.J., and Herath P.G.H.M.S.N. 2025. A field screening of okra (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Abelmoschus esculentus<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> L.) germplasms for identifying resistance sources for okra yellow vein mosaic virus in dry zone of Sri Lanka. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Proceedings of the 2 nd International Conference on Technological Research and Innovation <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2013 Faculty of Technology, EUSL. 33.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vinogini, M., Arasakesary, S. J., Pradheeban, L. and Sivaneson, S. 2025. Evaluation of promising red pericarp rice (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Oryza sativa<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> L.) genotypes suitable for northern region using cluster analysis approach. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Proceedings of the International Conference on Multidisciplinary Research (ICMR 2025),<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Eastern University, Sri Lanka and Sri Sathya Sai University for Human Excellence, India. 30.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">G.K.T. Rathnasoma, S.J. Arasakesary and K. Pakeerathan, (2025). Effect of different type of fertilizers on growth and yield of okra (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Abelmoschus esculentus<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> L.), Kilinochchi, Sri Lanka, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Proceedings of the 4th International Symposium on Agriculture 2025 (ISA 2025),<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Faculty of Agriculture, Eastern University of Sri Lanka, 4(1): 111.<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><p><strong>Magazines\/ Newsletters\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><ul><li style=\"list-style-type: none;\"><ul><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">J.S.Sandu and S.J.Arasakesary, Evaluation of chickpea genotypes (Cicer arietinum.L) for cold tolerant, international chickpea newsletter (10) 2003.pp9-12<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">S.J.Arasakesary, M.G.S.P Pathirana H.M.C Hittinayake, J.Senenanayake and B.I.Hetiyarachi, Achievement, current status and future challenges in cluster onion improvement in Srilanka, International workshop on onion seed production and crop husbandry 22-24,December 2014\u00a0 pp 125-142<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Arani1, S.J. Arasakesary, A. Amirthalojanan and P. Priyatharshini1 RESPONSE OF DIFFERENT FORMULATIONS OF FISH TONIC FOLIAR SPRAYS ON GREEN CHILLI (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Capsicum annum<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> L.) YIELD ,<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Aradana, S.J. Arasakesary and G. Thirukkumaran STUDY ON SEED SETTING PERFORMANCE OF SELECTED CLUSTER ONION (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Allium cepa<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> L.) CULTIVARS UNDER VERNALIZATION AND NON- VERNALIZATION CONDITIONS\u00a0<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><ul><li style=\"list-style-type: none;\"><ul><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Lavina1, A. Amirthalojanan2 , S.J. Arasakesary2 and R. Viharnaa1 NITROGEN ENRICHMENT OF ORGANIC COMPOST THROUGH DIFFERENT FORMULATED STEPS : 239 to 240Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU), Coimbatore-641003, Tamil Nadu, India<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><ol><li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\u00a0<\/li><\/ol><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-mobile-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"6\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-2206\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Awards<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-2206\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"6\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-2206\" tabindex=\"0\" hidden=\"hidden\"><p><strong>Scholarship\/ Fellowship<\/strong><\/p><ul><li style=\"list-style-type: none;\"><ul><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Received SLCARP scholarship for completing my\u00a0 masters in PAU, Ludiana india<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Received SLCARP scholarship for my doctoral degree progarmme in TNAU,India.\\<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><p><strong>Medals<\/strong><\/p><ul><li style=\"list-style-type: none;\"><ul><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gold medal for best scientist award in 2020<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><p><strong>Research Awards<\/strong><\/p><ul><li style=\"list-style-type: none;\"><ul><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Scientist award by the department of Agriculture at ASDA in 2020<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Received the presidential award for \u201cBest Contributor in the Agriculture Sector &#8211; 2018\u201d<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><p><strong>Travel Awards<\/strong><\/p><ul><li style=\"list-style-type: none;\"><ul><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Training program on \u201cProven Production Technology, Value Chain Development and Nutrition Security through pulses in South Asia\u201d September 2018, SAARC Agriculture Centre, ICRISAT and IFPRI.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Certificate course on Leadership in Agricultural Research Management at Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand in 2018.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Visited Nepal ,Japan, Indonesia, Korea, Thailand, China, Bangladesh, India on various reavel awards<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><p><strong>Other Awards<\/strong><\/p><ul><li style=\"list-style-type: none;\"><ul><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Received commendation from the DGA for outstanding contribution towards achieving presidential award for environmentally friendly farm\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Received commendation for the Additional secretary to th ministry of agriculture for my exemplary leadership<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Received commendation fro the district secretary jaffna for my contribution towards agriculture development .<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Received commendation from\u00a0 two District secretary Killinochchi for my valuable contribution to the development of killinoshshi distric.<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-mobile-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"7\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-2207\" aria-expanded=\"false\">CPD<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-2207\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"7\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-2207\" tabindex=\"0\" hidden=\"hidden\"><p><strong>Trainings on University Teaching<\/strong><\/p><ul><li style=\"list-style-type: none;\"><ul><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Attended an outreach training at university of Peradeniya<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Attended an outreach training at TNAU<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Completed 5S training conducted by JICA<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Completed staff training program conducted by university of jaffna<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><p><strong>Trainings on Research\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><ul><li style=\"list-style-type: none;\"><ul><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Completed the training on tissue culture in Japan tilted the seed production of upland crops \u2013 in 200 ,JICA<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Capacity Building Program for Class I Officers of Sri Lanka Agricultural Service, 2021, Agriculture Education Unit, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Completed the training program on \u201cProven Production Technology, Value Chain Development and Nutrition Security through pulses in South Asia\u201d September 2018, SAARC Agriculture Centre, ICRISAT and IFPRI.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Certificate course on Leadership in Agricultural Research Management at Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand in 2018.<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><p><strong>Other Professional Trainings Attended\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><ul><li style=\"list-style-type: none;\"><ul><li><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Samuelmundung<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; A community development training in Korea.<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-mobile-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"8\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-2208\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Outreach Activities<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-2208\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"8\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-2208\" tabindex=\"0\" hidden=\"hidden\"><ul><li style=\"list-style-type: none;\"><ul><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Front line demonstration on micro irrigation system at selected farmer fields at Thiruvaaiyaru,\u00a0 Killinochi<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Organized several feld days on successful farming technologies.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Served as a resource person at a seminar organized Rotary and cavery kallamanram on climate resilient agriculture.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Paricipated in several provincial technical working group as co chairman.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Participated in several district agriculture committee meetings at district secretariates of all five districts in northern region.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Participated in several problem-solving issues in farmer fields<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Submitted several strategical solutions- research reports on agriculture on the request made by the district administrators<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Contributed few strategic development workshops organized by FAO, ILO and UNDP. and shared valuable information which are<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Trained several officers from the department of agriculture on onion cultivation in national level.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Participate as a delicate from Srilanka for agriculture sector in a SAARC conference .<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. S. J. Arasakesary B.Sc(Ag), M.Sc(Pl br), Ph.D.,(Pl br&amp;Gen), SL.Ag.S Grade 1 Senior Lecturer Grade 1 +94 0779418078 kesary@univ.jfn.ac.lk Website Academic Profile Admin Positions Teaching Research Publications Awards CPD Outreach Activities Academic Profile Education Ph.D. in Plant Breeding and Genetics\u00a0 Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, India\u00a0 M.Sc in Plant Breeding, Punjab Agriculture University, Ludhiana,India B.Sc [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"full-width-page.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-8366","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/agri.jfn.ac.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8366","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/agri.jfn.ac.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/agri.jfn.ac.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agri.jfn.ac.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agri.jfn.ac.lk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8366"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/agri.jfn.ac.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8366\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8601,"href":"https:\/\/agri.jfn.ac.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8366\/revisions\/8601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/agri.jfn.ac.lk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8366"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}