Name

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Mrs. Nasim Akhtar

Date of Birth

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1. 20 th November 1952

Present Address

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1. Department: Plant Pathology, Faculty: Agricultural, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Dhaka-1207, Bangladesh. Tel: +880-2-9144270-8 Ext: 228 (PABX), +880-2-8158672 (Direct), Cell: +8801819221478 Fax: +880-2-8155800, E-mail: nasim_akhtar_sau@yahoo.com

Area of Specialization

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Plant Pathology

Education

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M.Sc. Plant Pathology, Microbiology, Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, Dhaka University. B.Sc (Hons) Botany, Dhaka University.

Teaching Experience

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Lecturer: 05.01.1977 to 22.06.1983, Assistant Professor: 23.06.1983 to 09.081994, Associate Professor: 10.08.1994 to 18.09.2003, Professor: 19.09.2003 to till date

Research Experience

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about 30 years

Others professional experiences

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1. Conducted Radio and T.V Programs on Agriculture

e.g. 1. “Sonali fasal” (on radio)
2. Canal digging (on T.V)

Editorial Activities

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Not Applicable

Training courses attended

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1. Attended four months duration training at Imperial College. England from May, 93 to August, 93 about Plant Pathology
2. Attended a training entitled “Research Planning Evaluation” held at BARI.

Workshop/ Conference attended

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1. Attended a training/workshop entitled “Agricultural Information Communication” held at BEERI, Dhaka under the supervision of FAO/UNDP

List of Publication

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11

i. M. Murshed Gani, M. Begum, Nasim Akhtar and M.C. Shephard. 1992. Effect of culture      media on the growth and sporulation of Bipolaris zeae isolated from sorghum. Bangladesh Journal of Plant Pathology. 8(1&2): 9-12.

ii. Mrs. Nasim Akhtar, M.M. Gani, M. Begum and M. Hossain. 1994. Reaction of   ten cuntivars of Amarunthus cruentus to meloidogyne incognita Chitwood. Journal of Zoology, Jagannath University College, 9: 1-4.

iii. Kishwar Sultana, Nasim Akhtar, Hosne Ara Begum. 1995. “Transmission of Jute (Corchorus capsularis) leaf mosaic disease by infected pollen. Bangladesh Journal of jute and fibre research.2(2):85-87.

iv. Nasim Akhtar, A.Z.M. Nowsher A Khan, M. Murshed Gani and Marium Begum. 1995. “Darluca filum, a hyperparasitic fungus from Bangladesh”. Journal of jute and Fibre research. No. Pub/ 502.

v. Dr. A. Z.M. Nowshe A. Khan and Nasim Akhtar, 1997. “Darluca filum, a hperparasitic fungus from Bangladesh”. Indian Phytopathology, 30(3):434.

vi. Islam. M.R., N. Akhter. S.M. Chowdhry, M. Ali and K.U. Ahmed. 200. Evaluation of fungicides against Alternaria Porri, causing purple blotch of onion. J. Agril. ED. Tech, 2: 139-144.

vii. R. Rashed. M. Hossain, M.R. Islam, N. Akhtar, A.R. Mazuder and M. Zakaria. 2002. Effect of Brown spot on the yield & yield contributing characters of different Hybrid varieties/lines of Boro rice. Pakistan J. Pl. Path. 1 (1-2): 58-60.

viii. Mahmud, G.M.M. Rahman, M.R. Islam, N. Zeba and N. Akhtar. 2002. Effect of fungicides sprays during grain development on quality of rice seeds. J. Agril. Sci. Tech. 3(1):7-10.

ix. M. N. Uddin, M. R.. Islam, N. Akhtar and A. N. Faruq. 2006. Evaluation of fungicides against purple blotch complex of onion (Altenaria porri and Stemphylium hotryosum). Journal of Agril. Education and Technology. 9 (1&2): 83-86.

x. Sadat. M.A., N. Akhtar and M.R. Ali. 2007. Management of Root knot of Banana seedlings with bio-agent, organic soil amendment, chemical and their combinations. International Journal of sustainable agriculture and Technology. 3 (4): 36-41.

xi. A. Ara, N. Akhtar, K. Sultana and A. N. Faruq. 2007. Effect of Furadan 5G, Neembicidin and poultry refuse in controlling root-knot disease of brinjal. Journal of    Agril. Education and Technology, Bangladesh. 10 (1&2): 69-74.

x. D. Yesmin, N Akhtar, F. M. Aminuzzaman and M. T. Islam. 2009. Effect of black pointed seeds of different severity grades of on leaf blight (Bipolaris sorokiniana) severity and grain yield of wheat. Int.  J. of BioRes. 6 (1): 51-56. 

Involvement in the Professional Societies

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1. Member, Bangladesh PhytoPathological Society.
2. Member, Microbiology of Bangladesh
3. Member, Bangladesh Association for the advancement of Science