Dr. Kosala M. Ranathunge

Profil

Derzeitige StellungProfessor W-2 und Äquivalente
FachgebietPflanzenphysiologie
Keywordsmolecular stress physiology, plant biotechnology, suberin biosynthesis, water transport in roots, nitrogen use efficiency
Auszeichnungen

2017: Australian Research Council Future Fellowship

Aktuelle Kontaktadresse

LandAustralien
OrtCrawley
Universität/InstitutionUniversity of Western Australia
Institut/AbteilungSchool of Biological Sciences

Gastgeber*innen während der Förderung

Prof. Dr. Lukas SchreiberInstitut für Zelluläre und Molekulare Botanik, Abteilung Ökophysiologie, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Bonn
Beginn der ersten Förderung01.02.2007

Programm(e)

2006Humboldt-Forschungsstipendien-Programm

Publikationen (Auswahl)

2011K. Ranathunge, L. Schreiber and R. Franke: Suberin research in the genomics era-New interest for an old polymer. Plant Sciences. In: Plant Sciences, 2011, 399-413
2011K. Ranathunge and L. Schreiber: Water and solute permeabilities of Arabidopsis roots in relation to the amount and composition of aliphatic suberin. In: Journal of Experimental Botany, 2011, 1961-1974
2010J.J. Park, P. Jin, J. Yoon, J.I. Yang, H.J. Jeong, K. Ranathunge, L. Schreiber, R. Franke, I.J. Lee and G. An: Mutation in Wilted Dwarf and Lethal 1(WDL 1) causes abnormal cuticle formation and rapid water loss in rice. In: Plant Molecular Biology, 2010, 91-103
2010K. Ranathunge, S. Shao, D. Qutob, M. Gijzen, C.A. Peterson and M.A. Bernards: Properties of the soybean seed coat cuticle change during development. In: Planta, 2010, 1171-1181
2009L. Kotula, K. Ranathunge and E. Steudle: Apoplastic barriers effectively block oxygen permeability across outer cell layers of rice roots under deoxygenated conditions: roles of apoplastic pores and of respiration. In: New Phytologist, 2009, 909-917
2009Lukasz Kotula, Kosala M. Ranathunge. Lukas Schreiber and Ernst Steudle: Functional and chemical comparison of apoplastic barriers to radial oxygen loss in roots of rice (Oryza sativa L.) grown in aerated or deoxygenated solution. In: Journal of Experimental Botany, 2009, 2155-2167
2009P. Krishnamurthy, K. Ranathunge, R. Franke, H.S. Prakash, L. Schreiber and M.K. Mathew: The role of root apoplastic transport barriers in salt tolerance of rice (Oryza sativa L.). In: Planta, 2009, 119-134
2008Kosala M. Ranathunge, RHT Raymond, X Fang, CA Peterson, M Gijzen and MA Bernards: Soybean root suberin and partial resistance to Phytophthora sojae root rot.. In: Phytopathology, 2008, 1179-1189
2008Dongmei Yu, Kosala M. Ranathunge. Rochus Franke, Lukas Schreiber and C. He: Wax Crystal-Sparse Leaf 1 encodes a b-ketoacyl CoA synthase involved in biosynthesis of cuticular waxes on rice leaf.. In: Planta, 2008, 675-685
2007T. Raymond, X Fang, Kosala M Ranathunge, TR Anderson, CA Peterson and MA Bernards: Soybean (Glycine max L.) root suberin: anatomical distribution, chemical composition and relationship to partial resistance to Phytophthora sojae. In: Plant Physiology, 2007, 299-311