Shashika S. Hewavitharana

The rhizosphere microbiome plays a role in the resistance to soil-borne pathogens and nutrient uptake of strawberry cultivars under field conditions

Cristina Lazcano, Eric S. Boyd, Gerald J. Holmes et al. · Scientific Reports · 2021 · 205 citations · Full text

Agriculture, Microbiology, Plant Sciences +17

<i>Brassica</i> Seed Meal Soil Amendments Transform the Rhizosphere Microbiome and Improve Apple Production Through Resistance to Pathogen Reinfestation

Mark Mazzola, Shashika S. Hewavitharana, Sarah L. Strauss · Phytopathology · 2014 · 168 citations · Full text

Agriculture, Crop Sciences, Soil Sciences +15

Carbon source-dependent antifungal and nematicidal volatiles derived during anaerobic soil disinfestation

Shashika S. Hewavitharana, David E. Ruddell, Mark Mazzola · European Journal of Plant Pathology · 2014 · 101 citations

Agriculture, Microbiology, Soil Sciences +16

Carbon Source-Dependent Effects of Anaerobic Soil Disinfestation on Soil Microbiome and Suppression of<i>Rhizoctonia solani</i>AG-5 and<i>Pratylenchus penetrans</i>

Shashika S. Hewavitharana, Mark Mazzola · Phytopathology · 2016 · 81 citations · Full text

Agriculture, Agronomy, Soil Sciences +17

Temporal Dynamics of the Soil Metabolome and Microbiome During Simulated Anaerobic Soil Disinfestation

Shashika S. Hewavitharana, Emmi Klarer, Andrew J. Reed et al. · Frontiers in Microbiology · 2019 · 78 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Microbiology, Soil Sciences +17