Naznin Nahar, Md. Rashidul Islam, Mohammad Mahir Uddin, Peter J. de Jong et al.
Bacterial wilt (causal agent: Ralstonia solanacearum) and Phomopsis fruit rot (causal agent: Phomopsis vexans) are two major diseases constraining eggplant production in Bangladesh. No integrated management options to manage both diseases together are currently available; farmers spray pesticides. A...
Rahima Khatun, Md. Imtiaz Uddin, Mohammad Mahir Uddin, Mohammad Tofazzal Hossain Howlader et al.
Country bean is a grain legume extensively farmed for its multi-purpose uses, yet the traits related to yield are are poorly studied and yet unexplored. A study on the diversity of qualitative and quantitative morphological characteristics concerning yield among the country bean germplasms collected...
Abu Bakkar Siddique, MR Islam, Md. Anamul Hoque, Md. Mahmudul Hasan et al.
A pot experiment was conducted at Bangladesh Agricultural University to evaluating the effect of exogenous application of proline on the growth and yield of rice under salt stress condition. There were six treatments including T<sub>1</sub> (Control), T<sub>2</sub> (25 mM NaCl), T<sub>3</sub> (50 mM...
Mohammad Sarif Mohiuddin, Noushin Tabassum Neha, Jawad Ul Karim Mahir, Fardin Al Fahad Shakib et al.
Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD), previously known as non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), has recently been recognized as a public health issue because it is closely linked to metabolic disorders, including type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). This review aims to d...
Yogesh K. Gupta, Mahmud Hossain, Md. Rafiqul Islam, Md. Moyeed Hasan Talukder et al.
In Bangladesh most agronomic biomass (straw, husk, dried dung) is burnt for domestic cooking use. Consequently, the soil is continuously stripped of mineral nutrients and carbon (C) substrate. Here we investigate if recycling of household ash (ash) as fertilizer can sustainably improve soil fertilit...
Naznin Nahar, Mohammad Mahir Uddin, Peter J. de Jong, P.C. Struik et al.
Abstract Eggplant shoot and fruit borer, Leucinodes orbonalis , is a major pest in eggplant production in South and South-East Asia. Farmers frequently spray insecticides to control it. Integrated pest management (IPM) based on mass trapping or pheromone trapping and sanitation (removal of infested ...
Shakila Jahan Shimu, Jawad Ul Karim Mahir, Fardin Al Fahad Shakib, Arafath Amin Ridoy et al.
Obesity-induced insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) represent complex systemic disorders marked by chronic inflammation, oxidative stress, mitochondrial dysfunction, and endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress. These pathophysiological processes disrupt insulin signaling and β-cell func...
Gopal Das, Mohammad Mahir Uddin, Barun Kumar Roy, Md. Sojib Ahemed
The rugose spiraling whitefly (RSW), <i>Aleurodicus rugioperculatus</i> (Aleyrodiade: Hemiptera) is an invasive insect pest and it was first identified in Bangladesh in 2019 on coconut plants. A baseline survey study was conducted in Bangladesh to identify the RSW-infesting geographical locations, h...
Bijoya Saha, Md Mahbubur Rahman, Mohammad Mahir Uddin, Md Shahjahan et al.
Mustard aphid, Lipaphis erysimi (Aphididae: Hemiptera) is one of the major constraints for mustard production in Bangladesh. Traditionally, a variety of broad-spectrum chemical insecticides are being used to control this pest which is detrimental to beneficial insects and the environment. Hence, sus...
Mohammad Wasif Rahman, Gopal Das, Mohammad Mahir Uddin
Brinjal is susceptible to attack of various insect pests from seedling to fruiting stage. Among these, brinjal shoot and fruit borer, Leucinodes orbonalis (Guen.) is the most destructive pest and is considered to be the limiting factor in quantitative as well asqualitative harvest of brinjal fruits....
Anindita Roy, Md. Sohanur Rahman, Md. Arifur Rahman, Kazi Shahanara Ahmed et al.
The experiment was conducted in the field laboratory of the Department of Entomology, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh on the screening of resistant variety against jute apion, Apion corchori (Marshall) and its management by using some chemical and botanical pesticides during April to ...
Robiah Noor Ahmed, Md Azizul Haque, Kazi Shahanara Ahmed, Mohammad Mahir Uddin et al.
The research work on the evaluation of yard long bean genotypes for resistance to legume pod borer, Maruca vitrata F. was carried out in two consecutive seasons viz., kharif 2015 and rabi 2015-16 in randomized complete block design (RCBD) in the field of the Department of Entomology, Bangladesh Agri...
Naznin Nahar, Md. Rashidul Islam, Mohammad Mahir Uddin, Peter J. de Jong et al.
Eggplant seedling production in homestead nurseries of farmers in Jamalpur (Bangladesh) is greatly compromised by damping-off. Therefore, farmers often do not have enough seedlings to transplant. Effective treatments of soil and seed to reduce disease pressure in the nurseries are available but litt...
Naznin Nahar, Jacob C. Douma, Mohammad Mahir Uddin, Peter W. de Jong et al.
Mass trapping with pheromones is an effective method for controlling insect pests. However, it is unknown whether this is effective for smallholders with typically fragmented holdings, as local depletion by traps may be (over)compensated by the attraction of male moths from surrounding fields. This ...
Salma Aktar, Mohammad Mahir Uddin, Kazi Shahanara Ahmed
Abstract\nBean pod borer, Maruca vitrata Geyer is a key pest of bean causing up to 80 percent yield loss. The present study was conducted at the Entomology Field Laboratory of Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh, Bangladesh during October 2017 to March 2018 to evaluate the bioefficacy of ...
Mousumi Khatun, Mohammad Mahir Uddin, Md Azizul Haque, Mohammad Saidur Rhaman
Experiments were conducted to study the feeding, growth and chemical control of hog-plum beetle (Podontia 14-punctata) in the laboratory and in the field. It was found that larval leaf consumption gradually increased with the increase of age of larva. Mean leaf consumption per larva was 0.28g, 0.86g...
Md. Al-Mehedi Hasan, Sonia Sultana, Keya Akter, Tasnia Ummul Wara et al.
The pulse beetle, Callosobruchus chinensis is one of the major pests in stored pulse causes 40-50% losses of pulses in storage. Experiments were conducted to study the efficacy of some selected biorational insecticides on percent mortality of beetle, percent weight loss of seeds, no. of eggs laid pe...
Mithun Sarker, Mohammad Mahir Uddin, Mohammad Tofazzal Hossain Howlader
Brinjal shoot and fruit borer (BSFB) is a serious pest of brinjal which can cause upto 90% yield loss and very difficult to control it. An experiment was conducted in the Entomology Field Laboratory, Bangladesh Agricultural University during December 2017 to April 2018 on the management of brinjal s...
Robiah Noor Ahmed, Mohammad Mahir Uddin, Md Azizul Haque, Kazi Shahanara Ahmed
ABSTRACT Legume pod borer, Maruca vitrata (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) is considered the most serious pest of yard long bean. An experiment was conducted in the field laboratory of the Department of Entomology, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh during kharif season 2016 to evaluate the effe...
Dinasree Biswas, Mohammad Mahir Uddin, Masum Ahmad
An experiment was conducted during the period of December 2014 to March, 2015 in the Entomology Field Laboratory, Department of Entomology, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh on the management of tomato fruit borer, Helicoverpa armigera (Hubner) using different biorational insecticides o...