Conference Day One |
Conference Day Two |
Conference Day Three |
Workshop |
Day 1 ( Nov 11, 2019) |
PLANT & AGRICULTURE |
SPEAKERS |
08:00 – 08:40 |
Registration |
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08:40 – 09:50 |
Technical Session 1A: Innovations in Crop Science (Main Hall) |
[1 keynote + 3 Lectures] |
08:40 - 09:05 |
Opening the box of local genetic diversity in rice: The Bengal and Assam Aus Panel |
Keynote: Dr. Adam Price |
09:05 - 09:20 |
Triple stimuli responsive hormone delivery system used for promoting plants growth |
L1: Xiangshuai Li |
09:20 - 09:35 |
Generation of a new thermo-sensitive genic male sterile rice line by targeted mutagenesis of TMS5 gene through CRISPR/Cas9 system |
L2: Dr. Hirendra Nath Barman (NM226) |
09:35 - 09:50 |
Plasma technology: the next generation strategy for improving germination, growth and productivity in crop plants |
L3: Ahmad Humayan Kabir (NM447) |
Parallel Session |
Technical Session 1B: Agronomics & Plant Development (Seminar Room) |
[1 keynote + 3 Lectures] |
08:40 - 09:05 |
Tolerance to freezing stress in plants: importance in the era of global climate change |
Keynote: Dr. Matsuo Uemura |
09:05 - 09:20 |
Genome-Wide Identification and Comparative Analysis of Key C4 Pathway Genes in Bread Wheat and Other Four Main Cereal Crops |
L1: Dr. Hu Yin-Gang |
09:20 - 09:35 |
Metabolite, hormone and lipid profilings reveal positive regulatory roles of strigolactones in protection of rice plants from arsenic stress |
L2: Dr. M Golam Mostafa |
09:35 - 09:50 |
Genetic diversity studies using morphology in some promising genotypes of bitter gourd |
L3: Md. Marufur Rahman (NM190) |
09:50 – 10:10 |
Morning Tea Break |
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10:10 – 11:20 |
Technical Session 2A: Plant Genes, Genomics & Beyond (Main Hall) |
[1 keynote + 3 Lectures] |
10:10 – 10:35 |
Pyrolline-5-carboxylate synthase1 allele from wild barely contributes drought adaptation in cultivated barley |
Keynote: Dr. Jens Leon |
10:35 – 10:50 |
Isoflavonoid regulators in soybean: CCA1-like MYB transcription factors and 14-3-3 protein |
L1: Dr. Xuyan Li |
10:50 – 11:05 |
Genomics of sustainable breeding progress: a mega-study in wheat |
L2: Dr. Agim Ballvora |
11:05 – 11:20 |
Brown algal genes impart abiotic stress tolerance in Arabidopsis thaliana |
L3: Dr. Balakrishnan Prithiviraj |
Parallel Session |
Technical Session 2B: Biotic Stress & intervention (Seminar Room) |
[1 keynote + 3 Lectures] |
10:10 – 10:35 |
Development of biotic stress tolerance in grain legumes through plant genetic engineering |
Keynote: Dr. Rakha Hari Sarker |
10:35 – 10:50 |
Characterization of soybean rust disease in Bangladesh |
L1: Dr. Motahar Hossain |
10:50 – 11:05 |
DNA Barcoding of the Fall Armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda (JE Smith) (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae) collected from Bangladesh |
L2: Mohammad Tofazzal Hossain Howlader (NM056) |
11:05 – 11:20 |
Molecular characterization of jassids (Amrasca biguttula biguttula ) collected from different regions of Bangladesh |
L3: Most. Sirajum Munira (SM337) |
11:20 – 12:30 |
Technical Session 3A: Response to abiotic stress (Main Hall) |
[1 Keynote + 3 Lectures] |
11:20-11:45 |
Endemic Landraces and wild Halophytic Rice for enhancing tolerance of commercial varieties |
Keynote: Dr. Zeba Islam Seraj |
11:45-12:00 |
Methylglyoxal detoxification and its correlation with abiotic stress tolerance |
L1: Dr. Ananda Mostafiz |
12:00-12:15 |
Mapping QTLs from a Bangladeshi salinity tolerant rice landrace Ashfal balam |
L2: Dr. Sazzadur Rahman (MM218) |
12:15-12:30 |
Dissecting the roles of cuticular wax in plant resistance to multiple environmental stresses |
L3: Dr. Tawhidur Rahman |
Parallel Session |
Technical Session 3B: Epigenetics and signal Transduction (Seminar Room) |
[1 Keynote + 3 Lectures] |
11:20-11:45 |
GSH - a key modulatorof plant defense signaling pathways to mitigate environmental stress |
Keynote: Dr. Sharmila Chattopadhyay |
11:45-12:00 |
Cloning and characterization of putative chloroplastic cysteine synthase in Leucaena leucocephala |
L1: Md. Harun-Ur-Rashid (NM175) |
12:00-12:15 |
Comprehensive analysis of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) sucrose transporter (SUT) genes: the dynamics of Cis-regulatory elements in promoter regions |
L2: Shahrear Arefin (SM186) |
12:15-12:30 |
Genetic mapping reveals broader role of Vrn-H3 Gene in root and shoot development beyond heading in barley |
L3: Md. Arifuzzaman (NM270) |
12:30 - 14:00 |
Lunch Break & Poster Session of Day-1 (P001-P034, P-086) |
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14:00- 15:05 |
Inaugural Session (Main Hall) |
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15:05-15:10 |
Photo Session |
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15:10-15:15 |
Session Transfer and Preparation Time |
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15:15-16:25 |
Technical Session 4A: Plant- Microbe Interactions & Immunity (Main Hall) |
[1 Keynote + 3 Lectures] |
15:15 -15:40 |
Unraveling the Biological Promise of Jute Endophytes |
Keynote: Dr. Haseena Khan |
15:40 -15:55 |
Plant Probiotic Bacteria as Novel Biologics for Protection and Nutrition of Crop Plants |
L1: Dr. Md. Tofazzal Islam |
15:55 -16:10 |
The combinative effect of halotolerant endophytic and rhizobacteria in rice growth augmentation |
L2: Dola Karmoker (SM282) |
16:10 –16:25 |
Potential for plant growth promotion under salinity-stress by biofilm forming halotolerant rhizobacteria isolated from rice endophytes |
L3: Tania Akter Jhuma (SM239) |
Parallel Session |
Technical Session 4B: Agro-informatics & Emerging techniques in crop science (Seminar Room) |
[1 Keynote + 3 Lectures] |
15:15 -15:40 |
Agro-informatics & Emerging techniques in crop science |
Keynote: Dr. ASM Nahiyan |
15:40 -15:55 |
Multifunctional Activities and Physiological Relevance of Aquaporins in Plants and Phytophthora species |
L1: Dr. Abul Kalam Azad |
15:55 -16:10 |
Regulation of vegetative development by Brassinosteroid in Arabidopsis |
L2: Bingying Zhou |
16:10 –16:25 |
Competitive Allele Specific PCR (KASP) as an effective and convenient tool in Marker assisted backcrossing (MAB) for introducing salt tolerance traits in high-yielding background |
L3: Tomalika Azim (SM104) |
16:25 – 16:45 |
Afternoon Tea Break |
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16:40– 17:10 |
Lightning Session -1 (5 min each, 5 talks) (Main Hall) |
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16:40 -16:45 |
Phylogenetic and structural analysis suggest distinct aquaporins in Phytopthora Species |
Topu Raihan (SM225) |
16:45 -16:50 |
Diversity analysis of native orange (Citrus reticulata) of Sylhet region through molecular markers |
Beethi Sinha (SM199) |
16:50 -16:55 |
CRISPR/Cas9 mediated down-regulation of OsAKT1 confers salt tolerance to commercial rice |
Aysha Akter Laboni (SM330) |
16:55 –17:00 |
Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated transformation of PsCIPK and PsCBL genes to enhance salt tolerance in Indica rice (Oryza sativa L.) |
Md. Fahim Khan (SM140) |
17:00 –17:10 |
Microsatellite profiles indicate multiple introductions of invasive alien species Lantana camara L. in Bangladesh |
Saila Kabir (SM298) |
16:40– 17:10 |
Lightning Session -2 (5 min each, 5 talks) (Seminar room) |
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16:40 -16:45 |
Biosynthesized silver nanoparticles: An eco-friendly nanoagrochemicals |
Razib Datta Shubhra (SM242) |
16:45 -16:50 |
Effect of pesticides on exopolysaccharide production by Rhizobial isolates from Sesbania bispinosa |
Tania Sultana (SM032) |
16:50 -16:55 |
Effect of low pressure dielectric barrier discharge (LPDBD) plasma on maize for increasing seed germination and seedling growth generated from Argon-Oxygen mixture |
Mahedi Hasan (SM205 ) |
16:55 –17:00 |
Determining enzymatic activity of cellulase produced by Pseudomonas fluorescens on chemically purified cellulose derived from sugarcane bagasse |
Maruf Abony (SM305 ) |
17:00 –17:10 |
Isolation of Bacillus sphaericus from local paddy field and sewage soil samples to evaluate mosquito larvicidal activities |
Suman Bhowmik (SM372) |