Mr.G.Asharp
Reading PhD (New Zealand), B.Sc. in Agriculture (UOJ, Sri Lanka)
Lecturer (Prob)
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- +94 (0) 21 206 0170
- sharmec@univ.jfn.ac.lk
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Academic Profile
Admin Positions
Teaching
Research
Publications
Awards
Outreach Activities
Academic Profile
Education:
- Reading PhD (Massey University, New Zealand)
- B.Sc. in Agriculture (University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka)
Academic positions held:
- Lecturer (probationary) – 2018.07.16 to date
- Assistant Temporary Lecturer – 2018.01.03 to 2018.07.15
- Demonstrator – 2017.08.16 to 2018.01.02
Research Interests:
- Horticultural Crop Growth and Development
- Horticultural Production
- Seed Science
- Seed technology
Admin Positions
Faculty Level:
- Part-Time Academic Sub-warden
- Joint Secretary- International Conference on Dry Zone Agriculture 2019
- Editorial Member for Proceeding of International Conference on Dry Zone Agriculture 2019
- Executive Member – Welfare Society, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Jaffna
University Level:
- Representative- Sports Advisory Committee, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Jaffna
Teaching
Undergraduate Teaching
- Principles of Crop Production Technology
- Production Technology of Cereal Crops
- Vegetable Production Technology
- Orchard and Floricultural Production
- Field Crop Production Technology
- Management of Plantation and Export Crops
Research
Publications
Full Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals
- Asharp, G. and Sivachandiran, S. (2018). Effect of Partial Shade and Weeding Intervals on Growth and Yield Performance of Chilli (Capsicum frutescens L.) in Dry Zone of Sri Lanka. Journal of Agricultural Studies, 6(4), pp 82-91, https://doi.org/10.5296/jas. v6i4.13880
- Sandamali, P.S.N., Sivachandiran, S., Ketheesan, B. and Asharp, G. (2019) Effect of Reverse osmosis Wastewater on seed germination and seedling performance of four different crops. Journal of Dry Zone Agriculture, 5 (1), pp 28-40
Abstracts Presented at Conferences
- Asharp, G. and Sivachandiran, S. (2018). Evaluation of Different Climate Change- Adaptive Packages of Practices on Ecofriendly Chilli (Capsicum frutescens L.) Production in Dry Zone of Sri Lanka. 5th International Conference on Agriculture, Colombo, Sri Lanka held on 16-17 August 2018, pp 49
- Asharp, G. and Sivachandiran, S. (2018). Effect of Sugargraze border crop and weeding interval on growth and yield performance of Chilli (Capsicum frutescens. L) in dry zone of Sri Lanka. Proceedings of Jaffna Science Association, 25 (1), pp 12
- Sandamali, P.S.N., Sivachandiran, S., Ketheesan, B. and Asharp, G. Effect of Different Diluted Reverse Osmosis Rejection Water as Irrigation Source for Different Crops. 4th International Conference on Dry zone Agriculture, Faculty of Agriculture , University of Jaffna, held on 1-2 November 2018, pp 140
- Sivachandiran, S., Asharp, G. and Jayasundara, M, O, L. (2019), Evaluation of different types of borders on growth and yield performance of different varieties of brinjal (Solanum melongena L.). International conference on Agriculture and Food Security 2019, held on 8- 9 August 2019, pp 3
- Darmica, G., Asharp, G. and Sivachandiran, S. (2020) Effect of plant density and leaf pruning on growth and yield performance of okra (Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) Moench) varieties, Proceedings of 7th International Science and Technology Conference, held on 22th January 2020, pp 5
- Abishajini, Y., Asharp, G. and Sivachandiran, S. (2021) Effect of different trellis systems and training methods on cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) production, Proceedings of the 4th National Symposium on Agriculture (NSA 2021), Faculty of Agriculture, Eastern University, Sri Lanka held on 10th March 2021, pp 21
- Thanusan, K., Sivachandiran, S. and Asharp, G. (2022). Evaluation of Different Soil Amendments and Seed Primers on Growth and Yield Performance of Black gram (Vigna mungo L). Proceedings of the 5th National Symposium on Agriculture, 5(1), Faculty of Agriculture, Eastern University, Sri Lanka, pp 32
Awards
Scholarship/ Fellowship
- AHEAD PhD scholarships
Medals
- Puvaneswary Loganathan Memorial Gold Medal for having obtained the highest OGPA among the students in the award of Degree of Bachelor of Science in Agriculture – University of Jaffna
- Puvaneswary Loganathan Memorial Gold Medal for having obtained the highest OGPA in Agronomy in the award of Degree of Bachelor of Science in Agriculture – University of Jaffna
- Somasundaram Kandiah Endowment prize for the overall performance in Agronomy in the of Degree of Bachelor of Science in Agriculture – University of Jaffna
- Ratnam Reginold Dharmaratnam Memorial Prize for the best overall performance in Agriculture in the Degree of Bachelor of Science in Agriculture – University of Jaffna
- University Prize ( Thambiah Muthaliyar Chatram Trust) for having the best performance in the Third Examination in Agriculture – University of Jaffna
- University Prize for the best performance in the Fourth Examination in Agriculture – University of Jaffna
Research Awards
- Dean Merit Certificate – Best Research in Agronomy
Outreach Activities
Outreach Activities
- Participated as a resource person to farmer’s organization of Kerudavil East in the concept of importance of crop rotation in organic farming under the national programme “Let’s stand together for country”.