Professor Dr. M Bahadur Meah
IPM Lab, Department of Plant Pathology, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh.
POSITION
Vice-Chairman, Standing Committee of IPM for Asia and Africa
CURRENT POSITION AND ADDRESS: Prof., IPM Lab. Dept. of Plant Pathol., Bangladesh Agric. Univ., Mymensingh 2202, Bangladesh
PHONE AND FAX: 01711667234, +88(091) 61510
Email: bmeah@yahoo.com
DATE AND BIRTH PLACE: Aug. 28, 1953. Chittagong, Bangladesh
EDUCATION
Bangladesh Agric. Univ., Facul. of Agric., Mymensingh 2202, Bangladesh, 1969-1976. B.Sc.Ag. (Honours) Plant Pathol.
Bangladesh Agric. Univ., Facul. of Agric., Mymensingh 2202, Bangladesh, 1976-1978. M.Sc.Ag. Plant Pathol.
Univ. of Copenhagen (Formerly, The Royal Vet. and Agric. Univ.), Copenhagen, Denmark. 1978-1981. PhD. Plant Pathol. (Resistance Breeding).
Univ. of London, Gray's Inn, London, UK. 1988-89. Post-Doc. Biol. Control.
Univ. of Hanover, Hanover, Germany. 2000-2001. Sabbatical. Computer modeling of Alternaria blight disease loss in rapeseeds/mustard.
MAIN PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES
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Prof. of Plant Pathol., Bangladesh Agric. Univ., 1992-Present
- Assoc. Prof. of Plant Pathol., Bangladesh Agric. Univ., 1986-1992
- Chairman of Plant Pathol., Bangladesh Agric. Univ., 1995-1997 & 2008-2010
- Chairman of Languages, Bangladesh Agric. Univ., 2003-2005
- Director, Seed Pathol. Center, Bangladesh Agric. Univ., 2005-2007
- Assoc. Director, Bangladesh Agric. Univ. Research System, 1994-1995
- Research Coordinator, Seed Pathol. Center, Bangladesh Agric. Univ., 1997-1999
ACADEMIC ACTIVITY
- President, Seed Sci. Soci. Bangladesh. Present
- Member, Natl. Committee for farming Plant Quarantine Act 2007
- Member, Natl. Biosafety Core Committee since 2008
- Member, Natl. Committee for Formulation of IPM Policy for Bangladesh 2005
SOCIETY MEMBERSHIP
- Member, IPM Net, BCPC since 2002
THE LATEST FIVE PAPERS
- Bilkiss M, Akter R, Islam M M, Khalil M I and M B Meah. 2016. RAPD analysis of phomopsis fruit rot resistance in eggplant advanced lines. J Biosci. Agric. Res. 6(1): 530-540. DOI: 10.18801/jbar.060116.63.
- Islam M M, Hossain D, Rahman M M, Taishi N, Hossain I H, Meah M B and N Harada. 2016.Trichoderma strains isolated from Bangladesh with broad spectrum of antifungal action against fungal phytopathogens. Archives of Phytopathology and Plant Protection. DOI: 10.1080/03235408.2016.1147121
- Asad H A, Meah M B, Begum S N, Khalil M I, Rafii M Y and M A Latif. 2015. Study of genetic variation of eggplant cultivars by using RAPD-PCR molecular markers and the relationship with phomopsis blight disease reaction. Genetics and Molecular Research GMR: 14(4): 17007- 17018. DOI: 10.4238/2015.December.16.1
- Karim M M, Tonu N N, Hossain M S, Funaki Taketo, Meah M B, Hossain M D, Doullah M A, Fukai Eigo and Keiichi Okazaki. 2015. Marker assisted selection for low erucic acid quantity in short duration Brassica rapa. EUPHYTICA. DOI: 10.1007/s 10681-015- 1596-8
- Hasan M M, Meah M B, Ali M A, Okazaki K and Sano Y. 2015. Characterization and confirmation of Corchorus Golden Mosaic Virus associated with jute in Ba ngladesh. J Plant Pathol Microb 6: 256. doi:10.4172/2157-7471.1000256.
- Nishat Sayeda, Islam Hamim, Ibrahim M Khalil, Ali M Ayub, Hussain Mohammed Ali, Meah M Bahadur and Islam M Rashidul. 2015. Genetic diversity of bacterial wilt pathogen Ralstonia solanacearum using a RAPD marker. C. R. Biologies 338 (2015): 757-767. Comptes rendus biologies 08/2015;
DOI:10.1016/j.crvi.2015.06.009
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