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Senior Lecturer, Department of Botany, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka- 
In-silico mining for resistance gene analogs and identification of genetic resources for blast disease resistance in the local finger millet germplasm
ACU-British Council Commonwealth Futures Climate Research Cohort -2021
UNESCO- OWSD Early Career Fellowship -2020
Borlaug International Agricultural Science and Technology Fellowship -2020
KOP-NFP fellowship, Wageningen Centre for Development Innovation, Netherlands, 2018
Underwood PhD Scholarship, University of Western Australia - 2015Candidate genes and stable quantitative trait loci (QTLs) associated with blast, bacterial blight and sheath blight resistance in rice
H E D Shashiprabha, Sachith P Abeysundara, H.A.C.K. Ariyarathna (2020). Candidate genes and stable quantitative trait loci (QTLs) associated with blast, bacterial blight and sheath blight resistance in rice. Candidate genes and stable quantitative trait loci (QTLs) associated with blast, bacterial blight and sheath blight resistance in rice, .
Genome
Ariyarathna H.A.C.K., Francki. M.G. (2016). Phylogenetic relationships and protein modeling revealed two distinct subfamilies of group II HKT genes between crop and model grasses. Genome, 59 (999): 1-9.
Genome
Ariyarathna H.A.C.K., Francki. M.G. (2016). Phylogenetic relationships and protein modeling revealed two distinct subfamilies of group II HKT genes between crop and model grasses. Genome, 59 (999): 1-9.
BMC Plant Biology
Ariyarathna H.A.C.K., Oldach K.H., Francki. M.G. (2016). Comparative gene analysis with rice identified orthologous group II HKT genes and their association with Na+ concentration in bread wheat. BMC Plant Biology, 16 (1): 1.
BMC plant biology
Ariyarathna H.A.C.K., Ul-Haq T., Colmer T.D., Francki. M.G. (2014). Characterization of the multigene family TaHKT 2; 1 in bread wheat and the role of gene members in plant Na+ and K+ status. BMC plant biology, 14 (1): 1.
Euphytica
Ariyarathna H.A.C.K. , Gunasekare M.T.K., Kottawa-Arachchige J.D., (2011). Morpho-physiological and phenological attributes of reproductive biology of tea (Camellia sinensis (L.) O. Kuntze) in Sri Lanka. Euphytica, 181 (2): 203-215.
Journal of Tea Science
Ariyarathna, H.A.C.K.; Kottawa Arachchi, J.D.; Paskarathevan, R.; Bandara, Y.G.S.C.; Gunasekare, M.T.K. (2010). Genetic Analysis of Cultivar Response to Dry Weather Induced Stress Conditions in Tea (Camellia Sinensis (L.) O. Kuntze). Sri Lanka. Journal of Tea Science, (Tea Research Institute of Sri Lanka:Talawakelle, 2010).
Journal of Applied Genetics
Ariyarathna C, Gunasekare K. (2007). Genetic base of tea (Camellia sinensis L.) cultivars in Sri Lanka as revealed by pedigree analysis. Journal of Applied Genetics, 48 (2): 125-128.
Journal of applied genetics
Ariyarathna C, Gunasekare K. (2007). Genetic base of tea (Camellia sinensis L.) cultivars in Sri Lanka as revealed by pedigree analysis. Journal of applied genetics, 48 (2): 125-128.
Australasian Plant Disease Notes
Ariyarathna H.A.C.K., Everard J., Karunanayake E.H. (2007). Diseased sugarcane in Sri Lanka is infected with sugarcane grassy shoot and/or sugarcane white leaf phytoplasma. Australasian Plant Disease Notes, 2 (1): 123-125.