Mr. Md. Abdul Kader was born on 12th July 1989 at the village of Bansbaria under Lalpur upazila in Natore district of Bangladesh.

Mr. Kader passed the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examination from Abdulpur Mosarrof Hossen high school and Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) examination from Abdulpur Govt. College under the Rajshahi Board, Bangladesh in 2006 and 2008, respectively. Then, In 2014 and 2016 he successfully completed Bachelor of Science in Agriculture [BS (Agriculture)] and Master of Science in Plant Pathology from Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University (BSMRAU), Bangladesh and obtained the GPA 3.99 and 3.97, respectively out of 4 scales.

In 2017, he was appointed as a Lecturer in the Department of Plant Pathology, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University (BSMRAU), Bangladesh. Finally, he was appointed as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Plant Pathology, BSMRAU, Bangladesh in 2019.

Mr. Kader is a member of Bangladesh Association for the Advancement of Science (BAAS), Bangladesh Phytopathological Society (BPS) and Krishibid Institution of Bangladesh (KIB).

Publication List

1. Kader, M. A., Mian I. H. and. Hossain M. M. 2018. Plant parasitic nematode associated with rhizosphere soils of potato in Munshigonj and Bogra district. Annals of Bangladesh Agriculture. 22(1):37-49

2. Briste, S., M.A.B. Bhuiyan, A. M. Akanda, O. Hassan, N. U. Mahmud, M. A. Kader, T. Chang, and M. T. Islam. 2019. First report of dragon fruit stem canker caused byLasiodiplodiatheobromae in Bangladesh. Plant disease. Published Online:23 May 2019. https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-03-19-0619-PD

3. Jenny, F., Kader, M. A., and Bhuiyan, M. A. B. 2020. First report of jackfruit decline caused by Phytophthora spp. in Bangladesh. Fundamental and Applied Agriculture, 2020 Vol 5 No. 3 pp. 315-318

4. Yesmin, N., Jenny, F., Abdullah, H. M., Hossain, M. M., Kader, M. A., Solomon, P. S., &Bhuiyan, M. A. H. B. 2020. A review on South Asian wheat blast: the present status andfuture perspective. Plant Pathology. doi:10.1111/ppa.13250

5. Bhuiyan, M.A. B., Sultana, N., Mahmud, N. U. Kader, M. A., Hassan, O., Chang, T., Islam, T. and . Akanda, A. M. 2021. Characterization of Pestalotiopsis sp. causing gray leaf spot in coconut (Cocos nucifera L.) in Bangladesh. Journal of basic microbiology. https://doi.org/10.1002/jobm.202100253

6. Bhuiyan , M. A. B., Islam, S. M. N. , Bukhari, M.A. , Kader M. A., Chowdhury , M. Z. H., Alam, M. Z., Abdullah H. M. , Jenny F. 2021. First Report of Pestalotiopsis microspora Causing Leaf Blight of Banana in Bangladesh. Plant Disease. doi: 10.1094/PDIS-05-21-1120-PDN. Online ahead of print