Geneticist Maqsudul Alam, team hailed for discovery
Japan Bangladesh Friendship Hospital and Onushandhani Science Club yesterday greeted Bangladeshi geneticist Dr Maqsudul Alam and his team for decoding the genome of a most deadly fungus that causes havoc to jute and other 500 crop and non-crop species.
Decoding the genome of the fungus -- macrophomina phaseolina -- will set a unique example of Bangladesh scientists in the world, they said in a statement.
This will also bring a revolutionary change in worldwide agriculture production and play a pivotal role in addressing the global food crisis, they said.
Dr Alam and his team's success in decoding fungus genome came just two years after he had decoded jute genome.
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