BRRI
Khandakar Md. Iftekharuddaula
PI
Dr. Iftekhar works in the Bangladesh Rice Research Institute Plant Breeding Division. His field of expertise includes: Rice Breeding, Molecular Breeding, Marker Assisted Backcrossing, Transforming Rice Breeding, Application of digitalization and automation in plant breeding, Rapid Generation Advance, Quantitative Genetics, Line Augmentation, and Bioinformatics.
Iftekhar received his master’s degree in genetics and plant breeding from the Bangladesh Agricultural University, and his Ph.D. in genetic and plant breeding from the Bangladesh Agricultural University (Research in IRRI).
Iftekhar is the chief scientific officer of the Plant Breeding Division at BRRI. His research involves 10 projects related to the development of stress-tolerant Rice, water-saving and aerobic rice, submergence-tolerant rice, salinity-tolerant rice, integrated agricultural productivity, and transforming rice breeding.
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Ratna Rani Majumdar
Rice Lead
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Mohammad Akhlasur Rahman
Rice Lead
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Md. Ruhul Amin Sarker
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Tahmid Ansari
Rice Lead
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Mohammad Monsur
Rice Lead
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