Research & Development
Role of Reporters and Media for Agricultural Transformation in Bangladesh
The media have played an instrumental role in agricultural transformation of Bangladesh in last 50 years. Starting with the state-owned TV channel and radio in the early days, reporters now use both print and electronic media to shape the agricultural sphere of the country. We now have 34 electronic media including 4 state-owned channels
Next-Generation Sequencing: A Breakthrough to Unexplored Genomics
Next-generation sequencing (NGS) is a massively parallel sequencing technology that offers ultra-high throughput, scalability, and speed. The technology is used to determine the order of nucleotides in entire genomes or targeted regions of DNA or RNA.
Spirulina: Food for Future
Spirulina (Arthrospira platensis) belonging to the family Spirulinaceae is a free-floating filamentous microalgae to the class Cyanobacteria. Spirulina is an ecologically sound, nutrient-rich super-food that is grown all around the world as a dietary supplement. Spirulina is considered as the “Food of the Future” that will effectively tackle the existing malnutrition problem and now it is high time to give most priority to producing spirulina for
Innovative Management Practice for Further Growth in Aquaculture
Maintaining appropriate dissolved oxygen (DO) levels in aquaculture ponds is critical for adequate fish production. Fish farmers must concentrate on maintaining required amounts of dissolved oxygen in the pond which is between 5 and 10 ppm. Fish production in pond aquaculture has been increased more than 10 times during the past 3 decades (1981 to 2017).
Seed Vigour Testing
Seed vigour, a single concept reflecting several characters, determines the seed quality and uniform emergence potential of plants in the field under variable range of environments. Seed vigour does not reflect a specific property of a seed or seed lot but is still a concept.
Plant Innate Immunity: Self Defense Mechanism against pathogen
To protect against pathogens plants have an innate immune system. One of the defense mechanisms, Pattern Triggered Immunity (PTI), prevents non-adapted microbes from infecting plants. The surface pattern recognition receptors (PRRs) firstly recognize pathogen associated molecular patterns (PAMPs).
