Dr Shashi Goonetilleke
Affiliate of ARC COE for Plant Success in Nature and Agriculture
ARC COE for Plant Success in Nature and Agriculture
Book Chapters
Goonetilleke, Shashi N., Wirthensohn, Michell G., Dodd, Richard S. and Fernández i Martí, Ángel (2023). Recent advances on self-incompatibility in almond: a glance at genomic and transcriptomic levels. The almond tree genome. (pp. 87-109) edited by Raquel Sánchez-Pérez, Angel Fernandez i Marti and Pedro Martinez-Gomez. Cham, Switzerland: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-30302-0_7
Goonetilleke, Shashi N. and Fernández i Martí, Ángel (2023). Discovery of Quantitative Trait Loci for Nut and Quality Traits in Almond. The Almond Tree Genome. (pp. 147-158) edited by Sánchez-Pérez, R, Fernandez i Marti, A. and Martinez-Gomez, P.. Cham, Switzerland: Springer.
Journal Articles
Goonetilleke, Shashi N., Wirthensohn, Michelle G. and Mather, Diane E. (2023). Genetic analysis of quantitative variation in almond nut traits. Tree Genetics and Genomes, 19 (6) 55, 1-11. doi: 10.1007/s11295-023-01630-w
Sideli, Gina M., Mather, Diane, Wirthensohn, Michelle, Dicenta, Federico, Goonetilleke, Shashi N., Martínez-García, Pedro José and Gradziel, Thomas M. (2023). Genome-wide association analysis and validation with KASP markers for nut and shell traits in almond (Prunus dulcis [Mill.] D.A.Webb). Tree Genetics and Genomes, 19 (2) 13, 1-11. doi: 10.1007/s11295-023-01588-9
Roy, C. Bindu, Goonetilleke, Shashi N., Joseph, Limiya, Krishnan, Anu, Saha, Thakurdas, Kilian, Andrzej and Mather, Diane E. (2022). Analysis of Genetic Diversity and Resistance to Foliar Pathogens Based on Genotyping-by-Sequencing of a Para Rubber Diversity Panel and Progeny of an Interspecific Cross. Plants, 11 (24) 3418, 1-17. doi: 10.3390/plants11243418
Blake, Sara N., Lee, Robert C., Russ, Michelle H., Farquharson, Elizabeth A., Rose, Jade A., Herdina,, Goonetilleke, Shashi N., Farfan-Caceres, Lina M., Debler, Johannes W., Syme, Robert A. and Davidson, Jennifer A. (2022). Phenotypic and genotypic diversity of Ascochyta fabae populations in Southern Australia. Frontiers in Plant Science, 13. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2022.918211
Schultz, Carolyn J., Goonetilleke, Shashi N., Liang, Jianping, Lahnstein, Jelle, Levin, Kara A., Bianco-Miotto, Tina, Burton, Rachel A., Mather, Diane E. and Chalmers, Kenneth J. (2021). Analysis of Genetic Diversity in the Traditional Chinese Medicine Plant 'Kushen' (Sophora flavescens Ait.). Frontiers in Plant Science, 12 704201, 1-15. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2021.704201
Mares, Daryl J., Cheong, Judy, Goonetilleke, Shashi N. and Mather, Diane E. (2021). Lipoxygenase in Wheat: Genetic Control and Impact on Stability of Lutein and Lutein Esters. Foods, 10 (5) 1149, 1-12. doi: 10.3390/foods10051149
Goonetilleke, Shashi N., Croxford, Adam E., March, Timothy J., Wirthensohn, Michelle G., Hrmova, Maria and Mather, Diane E. (2020). Variation among S-locus haplotypes and among stylar RNases in almond. Scientific Reports, 10 (1) 583, 1-15. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-57498-6
Goonetilleke, Shashi N., March, Timothy J., Wirthensohn, Michelle G., Arus, Pere, Walker, Amanda R. and Mather, Diane E. (2018). Genotyping by Sequencing in Almond: SNP Discovery, Linkage Mapping, and Marker Design. G3-Genes Genomes Genetics, 8 (1), 161-172. doi: 10.1534/g3.117.300376
Goonetillieke, W. A. S. N. S. T., Priyantha, P. G. C., Mewan, K. M. and Gunasekare, M. T. K. (2009). Assessment of genetic diversity of Tea (Camellia sinensis LO Kuntze) as revealed by RAPD - PCR markers. Journal of the National Science Foundation of Sri Lanka, 37 (2), 147-150. doi: 10.4038/jnsfsr.v37i2.1072
Goonetilleke, W. A. S. N. S. T., Priyantha P. G. C. and Mewan K. M. (2008). An assessment of genetic relationships in VP teas and old seedling teas in Sri Lanka using RAPD Markers. Sri Lanka Journal of Tea Science, 73 (1), 39-48.
Conference Papers
Goonetilleke, S.N., Bell, T.V. and Wirthensohn, M.G. (2024). High throughput DNA markers to detect bacterial spot tolerance in almond. VIII International Symposium on Almonds and Pistachios, Davis, CA, United States, 7-11 May 2023. Leuven, Belgium: International Society for Horticultural Science. doi: 10.17660/actahortic.2024.1406.9
Goonetilleke, Shashi, Bell, Talisha and Wirthensohn, Michelle (2023). High throughput DNA markers to detect bacterial spot tolerance in almond. 8th International Symposium on Almond and Pistachio, Davis, CA, USA, 7 - 11 May.
Goonetilleke, Shashi (2021). Analysis of genetic diversity and identification of genome-wide markers associated with foliar disease resistance in Para rubber (Hevea brasiliensis). Plantation Crops Symposium PLACROSYM XXV, Chikkamagaluru, Karnataka, India, 16-19 July 2021.
Bindu, Roy C., Goonetilleke, Shashi N., Saha, T., Madhavan and Mather, Diane E. (2019). Development of high-throughput markers linked to the loci involved in disease resistance against major fungal pathogens causing leaf diseases of rubber tree (Hevea brasiliensis). National Symposium on Breeding for Biotic Stress Resistance in Potential Crops, Wellington, India, 7 - 8 Dec 2019.
Bindu, Roy C., Goonetilleke, Shashi N., Madhavan, Saha T. and Mather, Diane E. (2019). Accelerating MAS for disease resistance using SNP enabled Kompetitive Allele Specific PCR (KASP) markers in rubber. Plantation Crops Symposium PLACROSYM XXIII, Chikkamagaluru, Karnataka, India, 6-8 March 2019.
Goonetilleke, S. N.S., Croxford, A. E., Wirthensohn, M. G., March, T. J. and Mather, D. E. (2019). Molecular markers for high-throughput detection of a self-fertility (Sf ) allele in almond. II International Workshop on Floral Biology and S-Incompatibility in Fruit Species, Murcia, Spain, 23-26 May 2016. Leuven, Belgium: International Society for Horticultural Science. doi: 10.17660/actahortic.2019.1231.24