Biotechnology and genetic engineering in Bangladesh
Biotechnology and genetic engineering in Bangladesh is one of the thriving fields of science and technology in the country.
History
The research for biotechnology in Bangladesh started in the late 1970s. The root cause behind the initiation was the significance of agricultural sector, which had been the backbone of the national economy since the ancient times. The research first started in the department of Genetics and Plant Breeding in
Genome sequencing projects
Jute genome
In 2008, with the funding of the government, the
Fungus genome
In 2012, the same group of scientists decoded the genome of Macrophomina phaseolina, a Botryosphaeriaceae fungus, which is responsible for causing seedling blight, root rot, and charcoal rot of more than 500 crop and non-crop species throughout the world. The sequencing took place at the laboratory of Bangladesh Jute Research Institute and was done as part of The Basic and applied Research on Jute project.[8][9][10][11][12][13]
Biotechnology industry
The biotechnology industry is yet to be a major contributor on the
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