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Bangladesh Rice Research Institute
Gazipur 1701, Bangladesh
Phone: (88-02) 9252736; 9257401-05
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Research Projects

Plant Breeding Division

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Project Title

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Improvement of standard boro varieties

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Breeding for cold tolerance

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Breeding for super high yielding rice

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Breeding for low amylose content

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Genetic Improvement of Upland Rice

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Genetic improvement of Transplant Aus Rice

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Improvement of rice for shallow flooded environment

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Breeding rice for flood free rainfed low land ecosystem

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Development of varieties for Tidal wetlands

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Breeding for Flash Flood Submergence

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Breeding for salt tolerance

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Development of premium quality rice

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Breeding for micro-nutrient dense rice

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Breeding for disease resistance

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Breeding for insect resistance

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International Network for Genetic Evaluation of Rice (INGER)

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Arsenic tolerant rice variety development

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Breeding rice for Habiganj region

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Breeding rice for Comilla region

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Development and use of hybrid rice

 Biotechnology Division 

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Project Title

 1

Development of Quality rice variety through anther culture

2

Improvement of tissue culture protocol

 3

Field performance of tissue culture derived lines.

 4

Rice transformation studies.

  5

Gene Pyramiding.

  6

Application of DNA markers.

 Genetic Resources and Seed

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Project Title

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Rice Germplasm.

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Seed Production and variety Maintenance.

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Exploratory and genetic studies.

Grain Quality and Nutrition 

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Project Title

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Grain quality characteristics for variety development.

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Grain quality parameters for consumer preferences.

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Nutritional quality assessment of rice.

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Preparation of indigenous products from high yielding rice varieties.

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Microbiological studies on cooked rice and rice products.

Agricultural Economics Division