Academic Activities of the Department
The Department of Plant Pathology offers courses for Undergraduate studies and Graduate programs leading to MS and PhD degrees. The department has several programs in disease management, nematology, virology, and general plant pathology.
Undergraduate Program: The department has been offering undergraduate courses since the university started the BS (Ag) program in 2005. The BS program now offers four courses: Fundamentals of Plant Pathology, Principles of Plant Pathology, Field Crop Diseases, Horticultural and Plantation Crop Diseases, and Post-Harvest Pathology.
Postgraduate program: The faculty members of the department offer graduate courses for MS and PhD students and supervise the students’ thesis research for the fulfilment of their degrees. The department now offers 20 different courses. The Department of Plant Pathology, BSMRAU successfully graduated 267 students (234 MS and 33 PhD) up to the Summer 2021 Term.
List of MS & PhD Students Graduated from the Last Five Years (2017-2021)
| 1 | Farzana Zarin Eivy | MS | EFFECT OF PGPR ON GROWTH PROMOTION, SUPPRESSION OF BIPOLARIS LEAF BLIGHT AND DROUGHT STRESS TOLERANCE IN WHEAT | Sum | 2017 |
| 2 | Kazi Rakib Zobair | MS | EVALUATION OF POTENTIALITY OF PGPR AND BRADY RHIZOBIUM TO IMPROVE PLANT GROWTH AND CONTROL COLLAR ROT (SCLEROTIUM ROLFSII) OF SOYABEAN | Sum | 2017 |
| 3 | Md. Abdus Salam | PhD | TRICHODERMA FORTIFIED COMPOST FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF SOIL BORNE PATHOGENS AND IMPROVEMENT OF PLANT GROWTH AND YIELD OF TOMATO | Aut | 2017 |
| 4 | Milon Shaha | MS | CONTROL MEASURES OF PHOMOPSIS BLIGHT AND FRUIT ROT OF BRINJAL | Aut | 2017 |
| 5 | Mafruha Afroz | Ph.D | DIFFERENTIAL COLONIZATION OF RALSTONIA SOLANACEARUM IN SOLANUM SISYMBRIIFOLIUM AND TOMATO, AND PATHOGENIC AND GENOMIC VARIATIONS IN CLAVIBACTER MICHIGANENSIS SUBSP. MICHIGANENSIS | Win | 2017 |
| 6 | Illa Rani Das | MS | MANAGEMENT OF THREE MAJOR SOIL BORNE FUNGAL DISEASES OF LENTIL (LENTIS CULINARIS L.) WITH TRICHODERMA-FORTIFIED COMPOST | Win | 2017 |
| 7 | Samina Akter Simi | MS | APPLICATION OF TRICHODERMA FORTIFIED COMPOST IN CONTROLLING ANTHRACNOSE DISEASE OF CHILLI (CAPSICUM FRUTESCENS L.) | Win | 2017 |
| 8 | Irin Akter Rony | MS | CHARACTERIZATION OF SEED-BORNE BACTERIAL PATHOGENS OF RICE AND IN-VITRO CONTROL OF XANTHOMONAS ORYZAE PV. ORYZAE | Win | 2017 |
| 9 | Mir Sayeada Alam | MS | SEAWEED EXTRACTS FOR PLANT GROWTH PROMOTION AND TOLERANCE TO SALT, DROUGHT AND BLAST DISEASE IN RICE | Sum | 2018 |
| 10 | Jahanara Akter | MS | CHITOSAN FOR PLANT GROWTH PROMOTION AND DISEASE SUPPRESSION AGAINST ANTHRACNOSE IN CHILLI | Sum | 2018 |
| 11 | Bithe Debnath | MS | OCCURRENCE OF MAGNAPORTHE ORYZAE TRITICUM IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF INFLORESCENCE OF WHEAT AND ITS FUNGICIDZAL CONTROL | Sum | 2018 |
| 12 | Marjia Effat Supty | MS | ISOLATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF RHIZOBACTERIA FOR PLANT GROWTH PROMOTION, SALT STRESS TOLERANCE AND DISEASE SUPPRESSION IN WHEAT | Sum | 2018 |
| 13 | Sayma Tahsin Nira | MS | ISOLATION, MOLECULAR IDENTIFICATION AND CONTROL OF ALTERNARIA LEAF SPOT IN BROCCOLI | Win | 2018 |
| 14 | Nusrat Zahan | MS | ISOLATION, MOLECULAR IDENTIFICATION AND IN VITRO CONTROL OF ANTHRACNOSE IN CHILI | Win | 2018 |
| 15 | Nabila Yesmin | MS | ISOLATION, MOLECULAR IDENTIFICATION AND CONTROL OF PHYLLOSTICTA LEAF SPOT OF JACKFRUIT | Win | 2018 |
| 16 | Preangka Saha Briste | MS | ISOLATION, MOLECULAR IDENTIFICATION AND CONTROL OF DRAGON FRUIT STEM ROT CAUSED BY LASIODIPLODIA THEOBROMAE | Win | 2018 |
| 17 | Nasrin Sultana | MS | ISOLATION, MOLECULAR IDENTIFICATION AND CONTROL OF COCONUT GREY LEAF SPOT CAUSED BY PESTALOTIOPSIS SPECIES | Win | 2018 |
| 18 | Md. Rabiul Islam | MS | CHARACTERIZATION OF SCLEROTINIA SCLEROTIORUM, AN EMERGING FUNGAL PATHOGEN CAUSING BLIGHT OF PEA | Sum | 2019 |
| 19 | Humaira Mahee | MS | POPULATION DYNAMICS AND SUSTAINABLILITY OF TRICHODERMA HARZIANUM IN REFERENCE TO MAJOR SOIL-BORNE DISEASES OF POTATO | Win | 2019 |
| 20 | Mahmudul Hasan | MS | BIO MANAGEMENT OF CARROT DISEASES BY THE APPLICATION OF TRICHODERMA FORTIFIED COMPOST | Win | 2019 |
| 21 | Mahmudul Sultan | MS | STANDARDIZATION OF TRICHODERMA FORTIFIED COMPOST FOR MANAGEMENT OF SOIL-BORNE DISEASES OF TOMATO | Aut | 2020 |
| 22 | Farhat Tasnim | MS | EFFECT OF BIOCONTROL AGENTS ON BLACK SCURF DISEASE AND YIELD OF POTATO | Aut | 2020 |
| 23 | Farhana Habib | MS | INCIDENCE AND SEVERITY OF BACTERIAL LEAF BLIGHT IN RICE AND CHARACTERIZATION OF BACTERIAL ANTAGONISTS | Win | 2020 |
| 24 | Rebeka Jahan | MS | CHARACTERIZATION AND FUNGICIDAL CONTROL OF SCLEROTINIA SCLEROTIORUM CAUSING STEM ROT IN COSMOS | Win | 2020 |
| 25 | Md. Aminur Rahman | MS | ROLE OF CHITOSAN IN DISEASE SUPPRESSION, GROWTH AND YIELD OF CARROT | Win | 2020 |
| 26 | Khadiza Zannth Hemo | MS | SUSTAINABILITY OF BIO-CONTROL AGENT TRICHODERMA HARZIANUM IN SOIL AGAINST RHIZOCTONIA SOLANI IN POTATO | Win | 2020 |
| 27 | Tasfia Hassan Tabassum | MS | CHARACTERIZATION OF SEED-BORNE BACTERIAL PATHOGENS OF RICE AND THE CONTROL OF XANTHOMONAS ORYZAE PV. ORYZAE USING BOTANICAL EXTRACTS AND ANTAGONISTIC BACTERIA | Win | 2020 |
| 28 | Mst. Habiba Kamrun Nahar | MS | USE OF PHYLLOSPHERE BACTERIA FOR PLANT GROWTH PROMOTION AND SUPPRESSION OF ANTHRACNOSE DISEASE IN CUCUMBER | Win | 2020 |
| 29 | Nur Ausraf | MS | GENETIC STUDY OF BLAST (PYRICULARIA ORYZAE) RESISTANCE IN BASMATI 370 USING DIFFERENTIAL SYSTEM | Win | 2020 |
| 30 | Fariya Islam Rodru | MS | CHARACTERIZATION AND CHEMICAL CONTROL OF SEEDLING BLIGHT IN RICE | Win | 2020 |
| 31 | Nishat Lubna | MS | EFFECT OF CHITOSAN IN CONTROLLING RHIZOCTONIA ROOT ROT AND SOUTHERN BLIGHT DISEASES AND THE ENHANCEMENT OF YIELD OF TOMATO | Win | 2020 |
| 32 | Laboni Yesmin | MS | PATHOGENIC VARIATION OF ASIAN SOYBEAN RUST PATHOGEN PHAKOPSORA PACHYRHIZI | Win | 2020 |
| 33 | Nipa Rani Paul | MS | BIOFILM PRODUCING HALOTOLERANT BACTERIA FOR THE MITIGATION OF SALT STRESS AND BIOCONTROL OF SEEDLING ROT IN WHEAT | Win | 2020 |
| 34 | Md. Rizvi Chowdhury | MS | EVALUATION OF DIFFERENT FORMULATIONS OF TRICHODERMA HARZIANUM AGAINST STEM ROT DISEASE OF POTATO | Win | 2020 |
| 35 | Md. Shahid Islam | MS | PATHOGENIC VARIATION OF RICE BLAST PATHOGEN IN SELECTED DISTRICTS | Win | 2020 |
| 36 | Quazi Mostaque Mahmud | PhD | OCCURRENCE, PATHOTYPE DISTRIBUTION, RESISTANCE SOURCE AND CONTROL OF RICE BLAST PATHOGEN (PYRICULARIA ORYZAE CAVARA) | Sum | 2021 |
| 37 | Sumaya Sultana Sumona | MS | PERFORMANCE OF COUNTRY BEAN GENOTYPES AGAINST BACTERIAL DISEASES AND IN VITRO CONTROL OF PATHOGENIC BACTERIA USING BOTANICAL EXTRACTS, NANO PARTICLES AND ANTAGONISTIC BACTERIA | Sum | 2021 |
| 38 | Smrity Chaterjee | MS | CHITOSAN FOR PLANT GROWTH PROMOTION AND SUPPRESSION OF FUSARIUM WILT OF BRINJAL | Sum | 2021 |
| 39 | Syeda Nusrat Jahan Mou | MS | CHARACTERIZATION OF BACTERIAL WILT PATHOGEN RALSTONIA SOLANACEARUM AND ITS CONTROL USING ANTAGONISTIC BACTERIA, BOTANICAL EXTRACTS AND NANO PARTICLES | Sum | 2021 |
| 40 | Sabia Khan | MS | ROLE OF STRIGOLACTONES IN DEFENSE AGAINST BACTERIAL LEAF BLIGHT IN RICE | Sum | 2021 |