Dhaka 26th May, 2014.  A graduate student of Professor Dr Tofazzal   at the Department of Agricultural Extension and Rural Development, Department of Biotechnology Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University & Department of Biotechnology Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University Gazipur-1706 has prepared the attached qu

GNOBB members will be pleased to know that the Annual Botanical Conference & AGM 2013 will be held on the 31 May, 2014 in the Assembly Hall of  Thengamara Mohila Sabuj Sangha(Bengali: ঠেঙ্গামারা মহিলা সবুজ সংঘ) (TMSS), Bogra founded byProf. Dr. Hosne-Ara Begum – an eminent botanist and a well-known social worker of

May 25, 2014. In an article titled, “Genome sequence of the cultivated cotton Gossypium arboretum,” published online 18 May 2014 in the current (May) issue of Nature Genetics, the three lead authors, Yu-Xian Zhu, Jun Wang, Shuxun Yu along with 28 associates reported the genomic sequence of the cultivated Asiatic cotton, G. arboretum. The authors sequenced and a

Dhaka – May 11, 2014. In an article entitled, ‘Noninvasive prenatal diagnosis of common aneuploidies by semiconductor sequencing’ published in May 5, 2014, issue of PNAS (doi: 10.1073/pnas.1321997111), the lead author Can Liao with eighteen associates from nine different research Institutes reported a semiconductor-based DNA sequencing platform that might help incr

Dhaka, 9th June, 2014. It’s with great pleasure I am posting the interview of Mr. Mustak bin Ayub with Ekushey  (একুশে) TV. In order to view it you need to use the following URL..   Lucid was his  presentation and the listeners found it easy to follow. The present difficulty is that physicians prescribe a variety of drugs for the treatme

DHAKA, THE 8TH MAY, 2014.THE WORLDWIDE DATA ON SOIL PH HAS ALREADY REACHED AN ALARMING LEVEL  AS IT INITIATES THE RELEASE OF ALUMINUM (AL3+) FROM SOIL MINERALS. THIS SITUATION IS WORSE IN THE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES OF ASIA, AFRICA AND SOUTH AMERICA RATHER THAN INOTHER PARTS OF THE GLOBE AS REVEALED IN THE DEMOGRAPHIC PICTURE. ALUMINUM HAMPERS PLANT GROWTH IN T

The entire community of GNOBB members will be exceedingly pleased to know that through the good offices of Prof. Dr Atta-ur Rahman, the UNESCO Science Laureate and HEJ Distinguished National Professor, a website LEJ4 Learning has been launched. This will provide a huge resource of knowledge, which comprises thousands of lecture courses (about 0.5 million lecture hours, ski

In an article, “Gene silencing of Sugar-dependent 1 (JcSDP1), encoding a patatin-domain triacylglycerol lipase, enhances seed oil accumulation in Jatropha curcas,” published in the current issue of Biotechnology for Biofuels (2014, 7:36), the principal author, Nam-Hai Chua and five of his associates  have reported the presence of three fatty acid chains (u

April 24, ’14.  Dr. Adam Price, Professor in Plant Molecular Biology, Dept. of Plant and Soils, School of Biological Sciences, University of Aberdeen, UK visited Plant Biotech. Lab, headed by Professor Zeba I. Seraj, on 22nd of April, 2014. Professor Price is a very well known appearance in the field of Plant Molecular Biology. His expertise and interest lies on genetic v

In an article entitled, “Re-evaluation of the inheritance for root-knot nematode resistance in the Upland cotton germplasm line M-120 RNR,”  published in the  April, 2014 issue ofTheoretical and Applied Genetics revealed two epistatic QTLs conferring root-knot nematode resistance, the lead author, Yajun He and  his seven associates