Publications by authors named "Thushara C Bamunuarachchige"
Endophytic fungi associated with selected aquatic plants, and were evaluated. sp. nov.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMarine ecosystems are important in discovering novel fungi with interesting metabolites that have shown great potential in pharmaceutical and biotechnological industries. Seagrasses, the sole submerged marine angiosperm, host diverse fungal taxa with mostly unknown metabolic capabilities. They are considered to be one of the least studied marine fungal habitats in the world.
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- - Fungi are important in ecosystems and their accurate identification is crucial, evolving from traditional morphological methods to modern techniques like PCR and DNA sequencing for better taxonomy and classification.
- - Challenges arise with "dark taxa," which lack distinct physical features, but tools like high-throughput sequencing and metagenomics help uncover new fungal lineages.
- - The paper emphasizes various advanced "omics" technologies (proteomics, transcriptomics, etc.) to deepen our understanding of fungi, their roles in food safety, medicine, and the potential to discover novel fungi from extreme environments.
Mating disruption of (Walk.) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) using its sex pheromone components, (Z, E)-9,12-tetradecadienyl acetate (ZETA) and (Z)-9-tetradecadien-1-yl acetate (ZTA), is successful in its population management. In addition, botanical oils have extensively been investigated in stored product pest management, but the effect of synthetic sex pheromones on the mating of in the presence of plant volatiles is still unknown.
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