BSS, Dhaka :
The introduction of biotechnology in cultivation of three pulses -lentil, chickpea and mungbean may protect 60 percent production loss, said researchers.
Quoting the findings of their research work they said lentil, chickpea and mungbean have become resistant to diseases like fungus, virus and pests after introducing disease resistance gene in them.
The researchers were addressing a workshop on “Improvement of Grain Legumes through Transformation,” a research project funded by United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), at the auditorium of Botany Department of Dhaka University today.
Education Secretary Md. Nazrul Islam Khan who addressed the workshop as the chief guest, called upon the teachers and researchers to come up with a big research projects for increasing food production and protecting endangered animals and plants.
“There is lack of initiative to conduct study and research. I will arrange money if you come up with research projects about protecting endangered animals and plants,” he told the workshop. Chaired by the Chairman of department of Botany Professor Dr. Moniruzzaman Khondker, the workshop was also addressed among others by Professor Dr. M. Imdadul Hoque and Professor Dr. Rakha Hari Sarker.
The introduction of biotechnology in cultivation of three pulses -lentil, chickpea and mungbean may protect 60 percent production loss, said researchers.
Quoting the findings of their research work they said lentil, chickpea and mungbean have become resistant to diseases like fungus, virus and pests after introducing disease resistance gene in them.
The researchers were addressing a workshop on “Improvement of Grain Legumes through Transformation,” a research project funded by United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), at the auditorium of Botany Department of Dhaka University today.
Education Secretary Md. Nazrul Islam Khan who addressed the workshop as the chief guest, called upon the teachers and researchers to come up with a big research projects for increasing food production and protecting endangered animals and plants.
“There is lack of initiative to conduct study and research. I will arrange money if you come up with research projects about protecting endangered animals and plants,” he told the workshop. Chaired by the Chairman of department of Botany Professor Dr. Moniruzzaman Khondker, the workshop was also addressed among others by Professor Dr. M. Imdadul Hoque and Professor Dr. Rakha Hari Sarker.
