Global Council for Innovation in Rapeseed and Canola
Members' Directory
Last name :
ALAM
First name :
MD Zahangir
Entrance year :
2026
Occupation :
* Graduate Research and Teaching Assistant - North Dakota State University, USA & Assistant Professor, Bangladesh Agricultural University
* Ph.D. Candidate Canola Breeding and Genetics
Company :
North Dakota state University
Phone :
+1 701 306 5514
Email :
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Birthdate :
1988/10/31
Address :
Loftsgard Hall 480C,
58102 Fargo / United States
Main fields of interest :
- Crop protection
Professional experience : *** 1. Lecturer, Department of Plant Pathology, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh, Bangladesh (February, 2013 to February, 2015)
*** 2. Assistant Professor, Department of Plant Pathology, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh, Bangladesh (March, 2015 to date)
*** 3. House Tutor (Mentor), Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Hall, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh, Bangladesh (2013-2014).
*** 4. Research Assistant, Department of Molecular Biotechnology, Ghent University, Belgium (September, 2015- September, 2016).
*** 5. Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Plant Sciences, North Dakota State University (NDSU), USA (August, 2021 to date).
*** 6. Teaching Assistant, Department of Plant Sciences, NDSU, USA. (August, 2023 – May, 2024)
Education : *** 1. Name of the Degree: Ph.D. (Ongoing), North Dakota State University, The USA - Duration: 2021 to 2026 - Expected Year of Graduation: Summer, 2026 (Scores: 3.921 out of 4.00 until Fall, 2025) - Ph.D. Thesis: “Gene Pyramiding, QTL Identification, and Genomic Selection for Sclerotinia Stem Rot Resistance in Canola (Brassica napus L.)”
*** 2. Name of the Degree: M.Sc. in Nematology, Ghent University, Belgium - Duration: September 2014 to September 2016 (2 years) - Result/Score: 80% marks obtained (Second position) - Year of passing: 2016 - Master Thesis: “Interaction between root-knot nematode Meloidogyne graminicola and oomycete Pythium arrhenomanes on rice roots”. Department of Molecular Biotechnology, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Belgium.
*** 3. Name of the degree: MS in Plant Pathology, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Bangladesh - Duration: January 2012 to June 2013 (1.5 years) - Result/Score: CGPA 4.000 out of 4.000 - Year of passing: 2013
Selected publications : *** 1.Islam MR, Chowdhury R, Roy AS, Islam MN, Mita MM, Bashar S, Saha P, Rahat RA, Hasan M, Akter MA, Alam MZ, and Latif MA (2023): Native Trichoderma induced the defense-related enzymes and genes in Rice Against Xanthomonas oryzae pv. Oryzae. (Plants).
*** 2. Islam MR, Jannat R, Protic IA, Happy MNA, Samin SA, Mita MM, Bashar S, Masud MM, Islam H, Uddin, MN, Akter MA, and Alam MZ (2023): First report of bacterial panicle blight (BPB) in Rice caused by Burkholderia gladioli in Bangladesh. (Plant Disease, the American Phytopathological Society).
*** 3. Verbeek REM, Van Buyten E, Alam MZ, De Vleesschauwer D, Van Bockhaven J, Asano T, Kikuchi S, Haeck A, Demeestere K, Gheysen G, Höfte M and Kyndt T (2019): Jasmonate Induced Defense Mechanisms in the Belowground Antagonistic Interaction Between Pythium arrhenomanes and Meloidogyne graminicola in Rice. Frontiers in Plant Science 10:1515.
*** 4. Islam MR, Islam, MN, Alam MZ, Hossain MM, Hussen MAM and Tipu MMH (2020): Chemical inducers, nutrient management, guava intercropping and insecticides can reduce Huanglongbing incidence and severity in Sweet orange. Archives of Agriculture and Environmental Science, 5(4): 436-446, 2020
*** 5. Haque MM, Masud MM, Hossain MM, Rashid MM, Alam MZ and Islam MR (2021): Assessment of potentiality of known bacterial blight resistant genes against Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae pathotypes exist in Bangladesh. Archives of Agriculture and Environmental Science, 6(3), 257- 267
*** 6. Haque MM, Masud MM, Bashar S, Hossain MI, Alam MZ, and Islam MR (2022): Avirulence gene based RFLP and rep-PCR distinguish the genetic variation of Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae pathotypes in Bangladesh. Plant Science Today. 2022;9(1):29–40
*** 7. Islam MH, Masud MM, Jannat M, Hossain MI, Islam S, Alam MZ, Serneels FJB, and Islam MR (2022): Potentiality of Formulated Bioagents from Lab to Field: A Sustainable Alternative for Minimizing the Use of Chemical Fungicide in Controlling Potato Late Blight. Sustainability.; 14(8):4383.
*** 8. Mita MM, Jannat M, Bashar S, Protic IA, Saha P, Masud MM, Islam R, Islam NB, Alam MZ, and Islam MR (2022) Potential Native Bacilli Reduce Fumonisin Contamination in Maize. Agronomy; 12(11):2608.
*** 9. Hossain MM, Masud MM, Hossain MI, Haque MM, Uddin MS, Alam MZ and Islam MR (2022): Rep-PCR Analyses Reveal Genetic Variation of Ralstonia solanacearum Causing Wilt of Solanaceaous Vegetables in Bangladesh. Curr Microbiol 79, 234
*** 10. Alam MZ, Hamim I, Ali MA, and Ashrafuzzaman M (2014): Effect of Seed Treatment
