Programs - Dept. of Genetics & Plant Breeding

Research Programs

Vegetable crop improvement

– Development of high yielding snake gourd variety – Development of hybrid variety of brinjal and tomato – Development of high female cucumber variety – Development of OP and hybrid radish utilizing SI and CMS system – Development of short duration vegetable pea variety – Development of high quality sweet gourd variety – Development of high yielding cherry tomato variety – Development of high yielding bottle gourd variety

Spices crop improvement

– Development of high yielding summer onion variety – Development of high yielding capsicum variety

Oil crop improvement

– Development of hybrid Brassica napus variety utilizing CMS system

Cereal crop improvement

– Development of short duration aromatic hybrid rice utilizing CMS system – Development of basmati type premium quality hybrid rice utilizing CMS system

Fruit crop improvement

– Development of gynoecious papaya variety

Plant genetic resources (PGRs)

– PGRs collection, conservation and maintenance special focus on coastal region

Molecular plant breeding and biotechnology

– Molecular diversity analysis of Bangladeshi aromatic rice – Molecular characterization of different pea genotypes – In vitro regeneration of tomato genotypes under salt stress – In vitro selection of salt tolerant somaclones of Bangladeshi aromatic rice

Renewable Energy Research

– Breeding Jatropha curcas for higher seed and oil yield as a source of renewable energy.