Anthony M. Shelton, M. J. Hossain, Vijay Paranjape, Abul Azad et al.
The purpose of this article is to provide information on the history, accomplishments, and future direction of the Bt brinjal (eggplant) program in Bangladesh, formerly under the Agricultural Biotechnology Support Project II, now the South Asia Eggplant Improvement Partnership (SAEIP). The India-bas...
Anthony M. Shelton, Sayed H. Sarwer, M. J. Hossain, Graham Brookes et al.
Eggplant (brinjal) is a popular vegetable that provides an important source of income for small, resource-poor Bangladeshi farmers. The biggest constraint to brinjal production is the eggplant fruit and shoot borer (EFSB). This study was conducted in 2019 in five districts in Bangladesh and examined...
Anthony M. Shelton, M. J. Hossain, Vijay Paranjape, M. Z. H. Prodhan et al.
) throughout the growing season. Yield losses in Bangladesh because of EFSB infestation have been reported as high as 86%. Farmers reduce crop losses by frequent applications of insecticide. To counter the EFSB pest, Bangladesh has developed and released four Bt brinjal varieties expressing Cry1Ac (...
Peter P. Mollinga
PART ONE: INTRODUCTION Introduction - Peter P Mollinga1 Water for Food Production in South Asia - C W J Roest An Overview of ICID Draft Country Papers Water Against Poverty - Tushaar Shah Livelihood-oriented Water Resource Management Water for Food and Environment in the Mountains of the Hindu Kush-...
Poornima Gade, M. Afshar Alam, Naresh Chandra Deb Barma, Rituparna Majumder et al.
Abstract Wheat ( Triticum aestivum L.) demand in Bangladesh has increased significantly in recent years, becoming the second major staple cereal after rice ( Oryza sativa L.). Domestic production of wheat accounts for only 16% of domestic use. More than 30 wheat varieties have been released in the p...
M. Z. H. Prodhan, Dattatray Shirale, Md. Zaherul Islam, M. J. Hossain et al.
Eggplant (Solanum melongena Linn.), or brinjal, was engineered to express an insecticidal protein (Cry1Ac) from Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) and commercialized in Bangladesh on a limited basis in 2014. As part of an insect resistance management strategy, studies were conducted to determine the suscep...
Anthony M. Shelton, Vijay Paranjape, M. J. Hossain, Desiree M. Hautea et al.