Research & Development
Resistant Variety Development of Potato through Genetic Transformation
Potato (Solanum tuberosum) is known as one of the most sensitive crops in respect to disease infestation, resulting in a large negative impact on yield and tuber quality in Bangladesh. Among all potato diseases, Late Blight (LB) ensued by the pathogen Phytophthora infestans (Mont.) de Bary, causes serious crop damage followed by yield reduction. Usually, farmers are applying excessive fungicide or altering agronomic practices for controlling this
Minimizing Poultry Productivity Loss from Bird Flu (H9N2 Vaccine)
Avian Influenza (AI) is one of the most devastating viral diseases in the poultry industry. In recent years widespread outbreaks of H9N2 infections in poultry have been reported throughout the world. In Bangladesh, LPAIVs of subtype H9N2 co-circulate simultaneously with highly pathogenic avian influenza viruses (HPAIVs) of subtype H5N1 in commercial and backyard poultry. Since 2009, H9N2 has been the predominant avian influenza virus (AIV) subtype
High Precision Combine Harvester can bring Only Profitable Harvesting
The human labor-based harvesting model in our country has at least three significant drawbacks: slower operational speed, increasingly higher wages, and more crop wastage leading to costlier inefficiencies.
COVID-19 and Beyond: Navigating through Hurdles for Food Security
As the impacts are still unfolding, the social and economic costs of COVID-19 will be enormous. Ongoing protectionist measures around the globe are affecting agriculture and food directly.
Transformation of Dairy Industry through Embryo Transfer
The key edge of using Embryo Transfer (ET) technology in Cattle is that it multiplies the success of breeding from elite females by reproducing more offspring. Clearly, ET can increase cow’s reproductive efficiency, allowing it to have numerous calves per year instead of usual 6-7 calves within its lifetime.
Scope of Industrial Potato Seed Variety
Currently Bangladesh is producing more than 10 million tons of potato of which most are table potato. In recent times, there has been an increased demand of potato based ready-to-eat snacks due to change in food habit and rapid growth in urban population.
