Research & Development
Sustainable Agriculture: Climate Change & Technologies
The biggest global food crisis in modern history is unfolding, driven by conflict, environmental shocks, and the approaching prospect of a global recession. Hundreds of millions of people are at risk of becoming hungry. Acute food insecurity is on the rise, with at least 222 million people in 53 countries estimated to endure acute food insecurity and require immediate help by the end of 2022 (Humanitarian Action, 2022).
Mutation Mapping Approaches for Crop Improvement
MutMap (Mutation Mapping) is a recently developed efficient and cost-effective genetic approach based on high-throughput next-generation sequencing. MutMap has been used for the first time in rice to map mutations that cause leaf color change and semi-dwarf plant structure.
Marker-Assisted Backcrossing for Gene Pyramiding
Marker-assisted backcrossing (MABC), a simplified version of marker-assisted selection, is now commonly used in molecular breeding. Marker-assisted backcrossing targets one or more genes or QTLs transferred from one donor parent into another superior cultivar or genotype to improve a targeted trait. Contrary to conventional backcrossing, MABC depends on the alleles of a marker linked with desirable genes or QTLs instead of phenotypic performance.
Role of Bioinformatics in Crop Improvement
Bioinformatics is a new and growing field that combines the power of computers, mathematical algorithms, and statistics with principles from the life sciences to solve biological problems. It is a developing multidisciplinary field of science and technology that addresses biological data collecting and warehousing, data mining, database searches, analysis and interpretation, modelling, and product designing.
Harvester – a Precursor for Sugarcane Production Revival
In Bangladesh, sugarcane is a major cash as well as industrial crop and the only source of domestic white sugar. Bangladesh has an annual demand of 25 lakh ton of sugar per annum. Among which 24 lakh ton (96% of demand) in imported and the remaining 1 lakh ton is produced as sugarcane takes 10 months to harvest and it is a labor-intensive crop as well which is a significant demotivator for the farmers. Hence, In the last 10 years production has d
Biofortification - Enhancing Nutrition to decrease Malnutrition
Biofortification is the process of creating micronutrient-rich food crops by conventional breeding or genetic alteration utilizing modern biotechnology. This is a realistic and cost-effective source of conveying micronutrients to those populations who have limited access to different diets and other micronutrient interventions.
