Dr Shiromani Basnayake
Research Fellow
Centre for Horticultural Science
+61 7 334 60550
Book Chapter
Birch, R. G., Bower, R. S., Elliott, A. R., Hansom, S. P., Basnayake, S. W. and Zhang, L. (2000). Regulation of transgene expression: Progress towards practical development in sugarcane and implication for other plant species. In A. Arencibia (Ed.), Plant Genetic Engineering: Towards the Third Millenium (pp. 118-125) Amsterdam: Elsevier Science BV.
Journal Articles
Mudge, Stephen R., Basnayake, Shiromi W. V., Moyle, Richard L., Osabe, Kenji, Graham, Michael W., Morgan, Terence E. and Birch, Robert G. (2013) Mature-stem expression of a silencing-resistant sucrose isomerase gene drives isomaltulose accumulation to high levels in sugarcane. Plant Biotechnology Journal, 11 4: 502-509. doi:10.1111/pbi.12038
Basnayake, Shiromani W. V., Morgan, Terrance C., Wu, Luguang and Birch, Robert G. (2012) Field performance of transgenic sugarcane expressing isomaltulose synthase. Plant Biotechnology Journal, 10 2: 217-225. doi:10.1111/j.1467-7652.2011.00655.x
Basnayake, Shiromani W. V., Moyle, Richard and Birch, Robert G. (2011) Embryogenic callus proliferation and regeneration conditions for genetic transformation of diverse sugarcane cultivars. Plant Cell Reports, 30 3: 439-448. doi:10.1007/s00299-010-0927-4
Dou, Daolong, Kale, Sshiv D., Liu, Tingli, Tang, Qinghua, Wang, Xia, Arredondo, Felipe D., Basnayake, Shiromani, Whisson, Stephen, Drenth, Andre, Maclean, Don and Tyler, Brett M. (2010) Different domains of phytophthora sojae effector Avr4/6 Are recognized by soybean resistance genes Rps4 and Rps6. Molecular Plant - Microbe Interactions, 23 4: 425-435. doi:10.1094/MPMI-23-4-0425
Basnayake, S.W.V., Maclean, D.J., Whisson, S.C. and Drenth, A. (2009) Identification and occurrence of the LTR-Copia-like retrotransposon, PSCR and other Copia-like elements in the genome of Phytophthora sojae. Current Genetics, 55 5: 521-536. doi:10.1007/s00294-009-0263-9
Whisson, S. C., Basnayake, S. W. V., Maclean, D. J., Irwin, J. A. G. and Drenth, A. (2004) Phytophthora sojae avirulence genes Avr4 and Avr6 are located in a 24kb, recombination-rich region of genomic DNA. Fungal Genetics and Biology, 41 1: 62-74. doi:10.1016/j.fgb.2003.08.007
Birch, R. G., Bower, R., Elliott, A., Hansom, S., Basnayake, S. and Zhang, L. (2000) Regulation of transgene expression: Progress towards practical development in sugarcane, and implications for other plant species. Developments in Plant Genetics and Breeding, 5 C: 118-125. doi:10.1016/S0168-7972(00)80018-3
Basnayake, W. V. S. and Birch, Robert G. (1995) A gene from Alcaligenes denitrificans that confers albicidin resistance by reversible antibiotic binding. Microbiology, 141 3: 551-560. doi:10.1099/13500872-141-3-551
Conference Papers
Basnayake, S. W. V., Whisson, S., Drenth, A., Maclean, D. J. and Irwin, J. A. G. (2000). High resolution mapping of the candidate Avr4/6 locus in the genome of Phytophthora sojae. In: ComBio 2000 : combined conference abstracts : 44th Annual ASBMB, 40th Annual ASPP, Annual NZSBMB, 22nd Annual NZSPP. Combio 2000, Wellington, New Zealand, (18-2). 11-14 Dec, 2000.
Hansom, S. P., Bower, R. S., Zhang, L., Potier, B. A., Elliott, A. R., Basnayake, S. W. V., Codeiro, G. M., Hogarth, D. M., Cox, M., Berding, N. and Birch, R. G. (1999). Regulation of transgene expression in sugarcane. In: Proceedings of the International Society of Sugarcane Technologists XXIII Congress. Proceedings of the Inter'l Soc of Sugarcane Technologists XXIII Congress, New Dehli, (22-22). February 1999.
Birch, R. G., Bower, R. S., Hansom, S. P., Basnayake, S. W., Zhang, L. and Elliott, A. R. (1999). Regulation of transgene expression: progress towards practical development in sugarcane, and implications for other plant species. In: A. Arencibia, Towards the Third Millennium: Proceedings of the International SYmposium on Plant Genetic Engineering. International Symposium on Plant Genetic Engineering, Havana, Cuba, (). 6-10 December 1999.
Basnayake, S. W. V., Whisson, S., Drenth, A., Maclean, D. J. and Irwin, J. A. G. (1999). Isolation and characterization of avirulence genes from phytophthora sojae. In: Combined Conference Abstracts: 43rd Annual ASBMB, 18th Annual ANZSCDB and 39th Annual ASPP. ComBio 99, Conrad Jupiters, Gold Coast, (Sym-43-05). 27-30 September, 1999.