Md Abdul Karim

• PhD
• Professor (Full) at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University

The experiment was conducted at the research field of the Department of Agronomy of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University (BSMRAU), Gazipur during April to August 2014 to assess growth performance of Aus rice varieties under rainfed condition. The experiment was conducted in split plot design with three replications, where (i) t...

To explore long-term changes in land use and land cover (LULC), cropping systems, and driving forces of LULC change, a study was carried out in Subarnachar upazila under the Young Meghna Estuarine Floodplain in Bangladesh. For studying LULC change and cropping systems, images from Landsat (TM) of 1989, Landsat (ETM+) of 2000 and 2010, and Landsat (...

Mungbean [Vigna radiata (L)], an important grain legume in Bangladesh, is grown during kharif1 (pre-monsoon) season, when drought is a common abiotic stress. This study was thus conducted in pots inside semi-controlled vinylhouse to assess the effect of water stress on growth and yield of some popular mungbean varieties, viz. BUmug 2, BUmug 4, BARI...

The production of mungbean [Vigna radiata (L.)] is adversely affected by drought in the tropics and sub-tropics. This study investigated the physiological responses of six mungbean varieties viz. BUmug 2, BUmug 4, BARI Mung-5, BARI Mung-6, Binamoog-5 and Binamoog-8 to non-stress (80% of field capacity) and water deficit (50% of field capacity) cond...

Understanding the water relationship and biochemical changes in response to drought can aid in drought tolerance in wheat which is critical for future yield stability. The current study investigated the mechanisms of drought tolerance in wheat, considering water relations, biochemical properties, and yield of two wheat varieties: drought-susceptibl...

Citation: Mamun, M.A.A.; Julekha; Sarker, U.; Mannan, M.A.; Rahman, M.M.; Karim, M.A.; Ercisli, S.; Marc, R.A.; Golokhvast, K.S. Application of Potassium after Waterlogging Improves Quality and Productivity of Soybean Seeds. Life 2022, 12, 1816.

Bangladesh is most vulnerable to natural disasters and climate change. Over the past few decades, flash floods have frequently affected the livelihood of people in the Sylhet Haor Basin. This study highlights the causes of increased flash floods, their impact on farming practices and livelihoods, and possible solutions to flash flood risk in the Sy...

Bangladesh must keep increasing the production of rice (Oryza sativa L.), which is consumed by more than half of the world's population in order to ensure a steady supply of food for everyone. A field experiment was conducted to select short durated with high yield potential Aus rice genotypes under rainfed condition in a split plot design with thr...

The purpose of the present investigation was to study the effects of Ca 2+ on water relation of two wheat cultivars (Akbar and Kanchan) under salt stress. The two wheat cultivars were grown in pots with 0 and 150 mM NaCl salinity. Calcium was applied in the form of gypsum in 0.12, 0.24 and 0.36g pot-1 (that is 20, 40 and 60 kg ha-1) respectively. S...

Crop productivity is greatly affected by drought stress. Understanding the drought tolerance capability of the crop varieties available in a country is the foremost consideration for drought adaptation. The objective of this research work was to examine the drought tolerance potentiality of 5 cultivated barley varieties (BARI Barley5, BARI Barley6,...

Bangladesh stands in third position globally in rice production where salinity is a significant abiotic stress that has a negative impact on rice which limit the crop production widely, affecting morpho-physiological characteristics of rice. Morpho-physiological characteristics such as plant height, root and shoot dry weight, leaf area index, numbe...

A study was undertaken to find out the effects of two major nutrient elements such as Magnesium (Mg) and Sulfur (S) on plant growth, tuber, and tuber disease incidence of potato (Solanum tuberosum L.). Data were recorded on stem number/ten hills, plant height, canopy coverage, tuber number per ten plants, tuber weight per plot and incidence of dise...

Mungbean (Vigna radiata L. Wilczek) is mostly grown in the tropical and sub-tropical regions of the world. Except for the low temperature, most of the environmental stresses still prevail in these regions. Drought is a problem in rainfed agriculture, and mungbean is mostly grown under such conditions. In contrast, the summer rains or occasional hea...

Salinity is the major environmental stress that restricts on agricultural productivity in arid and semiarid regions by a reduction in the germination rate. Experiments were carried out to assess the role of gibberellic acid (GA 3) and kinetin on germination and ion accumulation in a Bangladesh wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) variety, namely Akbar unde...

Two sets of experiments were conducted in Bangladesh for ten successive growing seasons of transplanted aman and boro rice during 2010 to 2015 to assess the effects of tillage and organic amendments on properties and carbon sequestration index (CSI) of terrace soil. The experiment 1 comprised of two tillage practices (minimum and traditional) and t...

A study was conducted to evaluate the storage conditions of soybean seeds of different sources, namely formal, i.e. Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation (BADC), private seed traders and farmers' own preserved seeds. The selected locales of the farmers sources were i) Laxmipur, ii) Noakhali, ii) Sariatpur, iii) Chandpur, iv) Bhola, and vi...

Abstract: The fundamental goal of sustainable agricultural is to meet food demand without disturbing soil and environment. However, the heavy fertilization is crucial for higher agricultural production to feed increasing population. However, environmental pollution through nutrient leaching or runoff has a serious concern due to their negative envi...

The fundamental goal of sustainable agricultural is to meet food demand without disturbing soil and environment. However, the heavy fertilization is crucial for higher agricultural production to feed increasing population. However, environmental pollution through nutrient leaching or runoff has a serious concern due to their negative environmental...

A pot experiment was laid down at the Department of Agronomy, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University, Gazipur from November 2018 to March 2019 to improving the salinity tolerance in Foxtail millet (BARI Kaon 1) using different plant growth regulators with different doses. Two salinity levels, i) control (0mM NaCl) and ii) 80 mMNa...

Enhancing rice yield is a great challenge for rice growers in the tidal flooded ecosystem, where poor agronomic management is one of the major constrains. Improve management practice (IMP) was compared with traditional farmers’ practice (TFP) in evaluating rice productivity, nutrient uptake, translocation and farm income in tidal flooded ecosystem....

A field experiment was carried out to evaluate the effect of Planting on Phenology and yield performance of ten dwarf soybean genotypes, viz. G00041, G00042, G00046, G00053, G00154, G00166, G00197, G00204, G00221, G00351 and BARI soybean-5 (standard check). The seeds were sown on 10 October, 2011 and 19 January, 2012. The results indicated that pla...

Flash flood causes a serious damage to rice crops in northern and eastern parts of Bangladesh almost every year. This study was designed to identify useful agronomic parameters for evaluation of submergence tolerance and to evaluate genotypes by multiple agronomic parameters for submergence tolerance at different growth stages. Twenty-one aman rice...

Drought is an acute abiotic stress that limits wheat production worldwide, particularly in arid and semi-arid zones, due to the uneven distribution of rainfall, possibly as a consequence of climate change. In south Asia, including Bangladesh, India and Pakistan, wheat is generally grown under rainfall deficit in winter causing the reduction of whea...

The experiment was conducted at the field and laboratory of the Department of Crop Botany, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University, Salna, Gazipur during the period from December 2016 to March 2017 to find out the morpho-anatomical appraisal of some pulse crops of Fabaceae family under salinity stress. Seven pulse crops viz., Lent...

Submergence is a serious environmental condition that causes large loss in rice production in rain fed lowland and flood affected area. Rice (Oryza sativa L.) is considered as a submergence-sensitive crop species. Within this species, there are considerable varietal differences in sensitivity to this environmental stress. An experiment was conducte...

Submergence is a serious environmental condition that causes large loss in rice production in rain fed lowland and flood affected area. Rice (Oryza sativa L.) is considered as a submergence-sensitive crop species. Within this species, there are considerable varietal differences in sensitivity to this environmental stress. The experiment was conduct...

Salt tolerance in relation to water status and plant nutrients of two mungbean varieties, BARImung 2 (salinity sensitive) and BUmung 2 (salinity tolerant) was evaluated. The seeds were grown in pots and treated with NaCl levels of 0 (control), 100 and 200 mM. Different parameters related to water relations as well as mineral nutritients were measur...

Twenty-three rice genotypes were evaluated during kharif II season for understanding the submergence tolerance associated with short-duration and high yielding traits. For this, relative performance of seven quantitative plant traits of the genotypes viz. days to maturity, panicles per hill, panicle weight, spikelets sterility, spikelets per panicl...

A field experiment was conducted at the Agronomy research field of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University during January 2018 to May 2018 to evaluate the effects of waterlogging on yield and yield contributing traits of soybean genotypes. Ten soybean genotypes, viz. G0006, BD-2336, AGS-383, PK-472, BD-2350, GMOT-22, NCS-1, Shohag...

One hundred and seventy-five soybean genotypes were screened for their resistance against four major soil-borne fungal diseases i.e Fusarium wilt (Fusarium oxysporum), charcoal rot (Macrophomina phaseolina), Rhizoctonia dry root rot (Rhizoctonia solani) and collar rot (Sclerotium rolfsii) of soybean under field condition of Bangladesh. Among the 17...

Sapota (Achras sapota), a fruit tree with nutritional and medicinal properties, is known to thrive in salt-affected areas. However, the underlying mechanisms that allow sapota to adapt to saline environment are yet to be explored. Here, we examined various morphological, physiological, and biochemical features of sapota under a gradient of seawater...

p>An experiment was conducted to determine the effects of nitrogen (N) fertilization on growth and yield of some landrace rice ( Oryza sativa L.) cultivars in lowland ecosystem. Three popular landrace rice cultivars: Rajashail, Kutiagni and Sadamota were treated with five times of N application viz. (i) two split applications of prilled urea (PU) a...

p>Soil salinity is one of the most devastating environmental stresses for rice production in the coastal areas of Bangladesh. Improvement in salt tolerance of rice is an important way for the economic utilization of coastal zones. An experiment was conducted at the vinyl house of the Department of Agronomy, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricul...

Abstract Increasing soil salinity reduce crop yield worldwide, especially rice cultivation is seriously hampered. Different types of cations and anions are responsible for salinity problem, among them chloride and sulfate salinity one of the major concern. Study on effect of chloride and sulfate salinity on in vitro regeneration of rice is very li...

Abstract The Kurigram district of northern Bangladesh has 222 chars (newly-developed lands), which have 23,000 ha cultivated lands. This study was initiated to introduce mungbean and short duration aman rice in the Kharif (summer) seasons in the chars. Both of these were grown successfully in 2013 on 4 ha of char land of 30 farmers in both Kurigram...

Improving productivity and farm income is the challenge for the grower in rice cultivation. Therefore, a series of on-farm field experiments were conducted to evaluate comparative performance of different nutrient management practices in boro rice production in south central coastal region of Bangladesh. The performance of high yielding rice variet...

p>Yield performance of 10 selected mungbean ( Vigna radiata L. Wilczek) genotypes, viz. GK-7, GK-48, GK-65, VC-6173A, CO-3, IPSA-12, IPSA-13, IPSA-15, BARI Mug-5 and BUmug 2 was evaluated under waterlogged condition in the research field of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University, Gazipur, Bangladesh during April to July 2011. Wat...

p>An experiment was conducted in a venyl house at the environmental stress site of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University during September to December 2012 to know the internal water status under drought stress in soybean genotypes, viz. Shohag, BARI Soybean-6, BD2331 (relatively stress tolerant) and BGM2026 (susceptible). Drough...

In tidal submergence ecosystem, nitrogen (N) is a crucial nutrient for improved and sustainable rice production. Therefore, a series of on-farm and on-station field experiments were conducted to develop a suitable N management practice for tidal submergence tolerant landrace aman rice. In on-farm, urea deep placement (UDP) through urea super granul...

p>An experiment was conducted in a venylhouse at the environmental stress site of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University, Gazipur during September to December 2012 to study the effect of drought stress on proline content, soluble sugar content, chlorophyll content and cell membrane stability of soybean genotypes. Four studied gen...

p>The experiment was conducted in a vinylhouse at the Banghabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University, Bangladesh during January to May, 2012 to evaluate the effect of salt and water stress on gas exchange characters, dry matter production and K⁺/Na⁺ ions selectivity in three selected soybean genotypes, namely Galar...

Abstract Bangladesh has about one million hectares of char lands, i.e. lands develop along the riverbank and/ or on riverbed due to accretion of sediments. The chars are situated in the remote areas, and disadvantaged people are living therein. This study was conducted to gather information on soil characteristics, flooding pattern, existing crops a...

p>Effect of water deficit stress on growth and yield of three wheat ( Triticum aestivum ) varieties, viz. BARI Gom 25, BARI Gom 26 and Sourav was studied. Water deficit lowered the light interception at anthesis in wheat. Under water deficit condition, the highest amount of PAR interception was recorded in BARI Gom 26. The reduction of leaf area in...

Soybean is a promising oilseed crop in rice-based cropping systems in South and Southeast Asia. In spite of immense scope of its expansion, the crop is not being popular to the farmers because of poor yield of the existing cultivars. Therefore, this study evaluated eighty-soybean genotypes of diverse growth habits with a view to searching genotype(...

Salinity, one of the major environmental constraints, threatens soil health and consequently agricultural productivity worldwide. Acacia auriculiformis, being a halophyte, offers diverse benefits against soil salinity; however, the defense mechanisms underlying salt-tolerant capacity in A. auriculiformis are still elusive. In this study, we aimed t...

Twenty potato genotypes were assessed for water stress sensitivity during 2009 and 2010 at Horticulture Research Farm of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University, Salna, Gazipur, Bangladesh. The experiment was carried out in completely randomized design (CRD) comprising two factors with four replications. Selection of the genotypes...

p>A pot experiment was conducted at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University, Gazipur during kharif II season of 2011 to investigate the growth, dry matter production and yield of mungbean genotypes under nutrient stress soil. Ten mungbean genotypes viz., IPSA-12, GK-27, IPSA-3, IPSA-5, ACC12890053, GK-63, ACC12890055, BARI Mung-6,...

p>The experiment was carried out at the research field of the Department of Agronomy of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University, Gazipur during November 2014 to March 2015 to assess and evaluate the physiological derivations of wheat varieties under water deficit condition. The experiment was laid out in a split plot design compri...

p>An on farm field experiment was conducted to evaluate locally improved aman rice varieties in terms of nitrogen use efficiency and grain yield in southern region of Bangladesh. The treatments were: i. deep placement of urea (UDP) before panicle initiation stage and ii. farmers’ practice (FP/control). The locally popular rice varieties were used a...

Salinity, one of the major environmental constraints, threatens soil health and consequently agricultural productivity worldwide. Acacia auriculiformis, being a halophyte, offers diverse benefits against soil salinity; however, the defense mechanisms underlying salt-tolerant capacity in A. auriculiformis are still elusive. In this study, we aimed t...

Twenty hybrids developed using five CMS lines and four restorers along with their parents were evaluated for ten quantitative traits to explain the nature of gene action present in the inheritance these traits. Analysis of variance revealed significant difference among the genotype, crosses and parents. Variance of sca was higher than that of gca f...

Abstract Thirteen cytoplasmic male sterile (CMS) lines were studied in Bangladesh for their genetic variability, correlation and path analysis. The rice plants were grown under medium high land condition of Bangladesh Rice Research Institute (BRRI), Gazipur, during Boro (November-May), 2009-10 season. Variability among the CMS lines was evaluated a...

An investigation was carried out at the experimental field of the characterize different plant parameters of thirteen dwarf soybean (Glycine max L.) genotypes. A wide diversity among the genotypes in their physio-morphological characters including yield was recorded. Genotypes varied from days 36 in G00221 to 40 days in G00197 to initiation of 50%...

p>An investigation was carried out at the experimental field of the Department of Agronomy, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University, Gazipur during September to November 2014 to evaluate the productivity of three mungbean genotypes, viz., GK-24 (G1), GK-63 (G2) and BU mug 4 (G3) under four plant spacing (densities) such as i) 15 c...

p>Fifty soybean genotypes were screened for their water stress tolerance in a vinylhouse of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University, Gazipur during January to May, 2011. The objective of this study was to screen for drought tolerant soybean genotype(s) for improving yield of soybean under rainfed condition in Bangladesh. Water str...

p>Spatial variability of soil chemical properties is critical for improving rice productivity and sustainable farming techniques. However, a systematic assessment on the spatial variability of tidal ecosystem has not been conducted. So, 144 soil samples were collected across Barisal, Borguna and Jalkhati districts and analyzed for six common chemic...

In Bangladesh, rainfed lowland rice occupies about 5.8 million hectares of which 40 percent is severely affected by drought. Variety(s) tolerant to drought is imperative for increasing aus rice production in such a drought-prone areas. For this, a systematic evaluation was carried out to observe the drought stress effects on the variability of aus...

An experiment was conducted in a venylhouse at the environmental stress site of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University, Gazipur during September to December 2012 to determine the changes of photosynthesis and some related traits under drought stress in soybean genotypes. Four studied genotypes viz. Shohag, BARI Soybean 6 and BD23...

The field experiment was carried out with some selected mungbean genotypes viz. IPSA-13, VC-6173A, BU mug 2, BARI Mung-5 and IPSA-12 to observe the effect of 4-days flooding on their growth and yield of mungbean under field conditions at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University, Gazipur, Bangladesh during September to November, 201...

A pot culture experiment was conducted at the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University (BSMRAU), Gazipur during kharif II, 2012 to evaluate the nodulation, biological nitrogen fixation and yield potential of genotypes of mungbean under varying levels of N application. There were 10 mungbean genotypes viz. IPSA 12, GK 27, IPSA 3, IP...

Water uptake by the plant is difficult in saline and water stress condition due to decreasing osmotic potential of soil. Soybean yield is highly affected by the soil water scarcity. An experiment was conducted to evaluate the growth and yield of three selected soybean genotypes in salt and water stress conditions at a vinyl house. Three soybean gen...

A pot experiment was carried out in a venylhouse at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman University during 2012 to investigate the growth, yield and yield contributing characters of ten selected soybean genotypes viz. Shohag, BARI Soybean-6, BARI Soybean-5, BD2331, BD2329, BD2336, BD 2340, BGM2093, G00015 and BGM2026 under drought stress and control c...

A pot experiment was conducted at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University, Gazipur during kharif- II season (August to November) of 2010 to find out the nitrogen acquisition and yield of mungbean genotypes affected by different levels of nitrogen fertilizer in low fertile soil. Ten mungbean genotypes viz. IPSA-12, GK-27, IPSA-3, I...

A field experiment was conducted at the experimental field of the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University, Gazipur during November 2013 to March 2014. Four soybean genotypes i.e BU Soybean1, BD2329, BD2331, AGS313 and a check variety BARI Soybean 6 were used to evaluate their variations in morphological characters and yield attrib...

An experiment was conducted with five potato genotypes at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University, Gazipur during 2010–2011 under control and water stress conditions to determine the effect of water stress on plant water relations and canopy temperature depression of potato. Of the five genotypes, CIP 393371.58 and CIP 396244.12 m...

p>An experiment was conducted in a Venylhouse of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University during September to December 2012 to determine the effect of midday drop of relative water content (RWC) on drought tolerance of soybean genotypes. Four soybean genotypes viz. Shohag, BARI Soybean-6, BD2331 and BGM2026 were used in the study....

The planning of climate smart agriculture, which is principally based on food security, adaptation and mitigation measures to the climate change impact on agriculture, is facing a big dilemma due to rise in climatic variability globally. The continuous addition of greenhouse gases to the atmosphere vis a vis concomitant rise in global mean temperat...

not availableBangladesh J. Agril. Res. 40(3): 513-519, September 2015

The experiment was conducted at the experimental site of Agronomy Department, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University (BSMRAU), Salna, Gazipur during the period from January to June 2011 to evaluate twenty selected soybean genotypes in respect of growth, dry matter production and yield. Genotypic variations in plant height, leaf a...

The study was carried out with three soybean genotypes viz. Galarsum, BD 2331 and BARI Soybean-6 in a vinyl house of Banghabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University, Bangladesh during January to March, 2012 to analyze leaf water status, leaf temperature, xylem exudation and proline accumulation under salt and water stress environment. Tr...

The experiment was conducted with thirty-five wheat genotypes at the research field of the Department of Agronomy of the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University from November 2011 to March 2012 to screen out the wheat genotypes for drought tolerance of thirty five wheat genotypes under water deficit condition. The experiment was c...

A field experiment was conducted at the research farm of the Department of Agronomy, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University, Gazipur, Bangladesh from November 2012 to April 2013 with four levels of nitrogen viz. 0, 50, 100 and 150 kg ha-1 in combination with four levels of potassium viz. 0, 60, 120 and 180 kg ha-1 to find out the...

p>An experiment was conducted at the Cotton Research Farm, Sreepur, Gazipur during 2009-10 growing season to maximize the benefit of cotton + mungbean intercropping system through appropriate planting arrangement of component crops in the system. Performance of eight different planting arrangements, such as 1, 2, 3 and 4 rows of mungbean in between...

Sowing date and Spacing of Tropical sugarbeet

The experiment was conducted at the experimental site of Agronomy Department of the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University, Salna, Gazipur during January to June 2010 to evaluate some important agronomic traits of one hundred and fifteen genotypes of soybean to screen out high yielding soybean genotypes. Considerable genetic vari...

An experiment was conducted with mungbean genotype IPSA-13 in the field of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University, Gazipur, Bangladesh during September, 2012 to November, 2012 to study the root growth, nutrient concentration and seed yield of mungbean as influenced by N and K under waterlogged conditions. Nutrient supply in the s...

The study was carried out with three soybean genotypes viz. Galarsum, BD 2331 and BARI Soybean-6 in a vinyl house of Banghabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University, Bangladesh during January to March, 2012 to analyze leaf water status, leaf temperature, xylem exudation and proline accumulation under salt and water stress environment. Tr...