Shaikhul Islam, Abdul Mannan Akanda, Ananya Prova, Tofazzal Islam et al.
Plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) are the rhizosphere bacteria that may be utilized to augment plant growth and suppress plant diseases. The objectives of this study were to identify and characterize PGPR indigenous to cucumber rhizosphere in Bangladesh, and to evaluate their ability to su...
M. Nazmul Hoque, Abed Chaudhury, Md. Abdul Mannan Akanda, M. Anwar Hossain et al.
The coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) is a highly transmittable and pathogenic viral infection caused by a novel evolutionarily divergent RNA virus, the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The virus first emerged in Wuhan, China in December 2019, and subsequently spreaded a...
Susmita Datta Peu, Arnob Das, Md. Sanowar Hossain, Md. Abdul Mannan Akanda et al.
CO2 capture, use, and storage have been identified as significant strategies for reducing greenhouse gas emissions induced by the usage of fossil fuels. The current review focuses on the concepts of post-combustion capture technologies based on absorption mechanisms. Among all other developed techno...
Arnob Das, Susmita Datta Peu, Md. Abdul Mannan Akanda, Mostafa M. Salah et al.
The lead halide-based perovskite solar cells have attracted much attention in the photovoltaic industry due to their high efficiency, easy manufacturing, lightweight, and low cost. However, these lead halide-based perovskite solar cells are not manufactured commercially due to lead-based toxicity. T...
Fatematuz Zohara, Md. Abdul Mannan Akanda, Narayan Chandra Paul, Mahfuzur Rahman et al.
Ananya Prova, Abdul Mannan Akanda, Shaikhul Islam, Md. Motaher Hossain
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M. M. Rahman, Md. Eaqub Ali, A. A. Khan, Abdul Mannan Akanda et al.
A total of 91 isolates of probable antagonistic bacteria of potato soft rot bacterium Erwinia carotovora subsp. carotovora (Ecc) were extracted from rhizospheres and endophytes of various crop plants, different soil varieties, and atmospheres in the potato farming areas of Bangladesh. Antibacterial ...
Shaikhul Islam, Abdul Mannan Akanda, Farjana Sultana, Md. Motaher Hossain
A rhizosphere fungus was isolated from roots of chilli plants and identified as Aspergillus spp. PPA1. The fungus was tested for its ability to promote the growth of cucumber plants in a pot experiment. Cucumber seeds were sown in sterilised field soil amended with wheat grain inoculum (WGI) of PPA ...
Arnob Das, Susmita Datta Peu, Md. Sanowar Hossain, Md. Abdul Mannan Akanda et al.
In recent years, the increasing energy requirement and consumption necessitates further improvement in energy storage technologies to obtain high cycling stability, power and energy density, and specific capacitance. Two-dimensional metal oxide nanosheets have gained much interest due to their attra...
Md. Shamim Akhter, Abdul Mannan Akanda, Kappei Kobayashi, R. K. Jain et al.
Plant virus diseases are significant constraints in agricultural production in Bangladesh. The hot and humid environmental conditions are highly favourable for the perpetuation of the viruses as well as vectors round the year. Although, the virus diseases are recorded in many crops, vegetables and p...
Fatematuz Zohara, Musrat Zahan Surovy, Amena Khatun, Md. F. R. K. Prince et al.
The biopolymer chitosan is a derivative of chitin, which can promote plant growth and protect plants from phytopathogens. This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of chitosan as a biostimulant and a biorational agent to protect cucumber plants from damping-off disease caused by <em>Phytophtho...
Sanjoy Paul, Moutoshi Chakraborty, Mahfuzur Rahman, Dipali Rani Gupta et al.
The application of chemical pesticides to protect agricultural crops from pests and diseases is discouraged due to their harmful effects on humans and the environment. Therefore, alternative approaches for crop protection through microbial or microbe-originated pesticides have been gaining momentum....
Shaikhul Islam, Abdul Mannan Akanda, Ananya Prova, Farjana Sultana et al.
A rhizosphere fungus was isolated from roots of bermudagrass (Cynodon dactylon) and identified as Fusarium spp. PPF1. A pot experiment was conducted to test its ability to promote the vegetative growth of Indian spinach seedlings (Basella alba). Indian spinach seeds were sown in sterilised field soi...
Mohammad Abdus Salam, M. A. Alam, Sulav Indra Paul, Fatama Islam et al.
This study aimed to determine the levels and possible sources of heavy metals (HMs) in the sediments of Chalan beel (a large lake-like aquatic ecosystem) area located in the northwestern part of Bangladesh. The mean concentrations (mg kg−1) of two HMs, Cd (6.22) and Pb (51.39) exceeded the world nor...
Md. Siddiqur Rahman, Abdul Mannan Akanda, I. H. Mian, Md. Khurshed Alam Bhuiyan et al.
Md. Rabiul Islam, Abdul Mannan Akanda, Md. Mofazzal Hossain, Md. Motaher Hossain
Pea (Pisum sativum L.) is of global importance as a food crop for its edible pod and seed. A new disease causing the tan to light brown blighted stems and pods has occurred in pea (P. sativum L.) plants in Chapainawabganj district, Bangladesh. A fungus with white-appressed mycelia and large scleroti...
Md. Abdullahil Baki Bhuiyan, Nasrin Sultana, Nur Uddin Mahmud, Md. Abdul Kader et al.
Coconut (Cocos nucifera L.) is one of the most important fruit trees in Bangladesh. This tree is susceptible to various pathogens. Among them, a fungus was consistently isolated from gray leaf spot symptom in coconut. This study aimed to isolate, characterize, and find the management strategies of t...
Eeshita Mandal, Md Ruhul Amin, Habibur Rahman, Abdul Mannan Akanda
A field experiment was carried out in Gazipur, Bangladesh to find out the abundance and behavior of native insect pollinators and their impact on the yield and seed quality of mustard (Brassica juncea L.). Total 8 species of insects under 8 different families in 3 orders were found as pollinator and...
M. Nazmul Hoque, Abed Chaudhury, Md. Abdul Mannan Akanda, M. Anwar Hossain et al.
A novel coronavirus COVID-19 was first emerged in Wuhan city of Hubei Province in China in December 2019. The COVID-19, since then spreads to 213 countries and territories, and has become a pandemic. Genomic analyses have indicated that the virus, popularly named as corona, originated through a natu...
Md. Shamim Akhter, Y. B. Basavaraj, Abdul Mannan Akanda, Bikash Mandal et al.
The coat protein (CP) sequences of twelve Papaya ringspot virus (PRSV) (pathotype-P) isolates from six major papaya growing areas were determined and compared with those of published PRSV. The CP coding region varied in size from 846-852 nucleotides, encoding a protein of 282-284 amino acids. Compar...