Global Council for Innovation in Rapeseed and Canola
Members' Directory
Last name :
RAHMAN
First name :
Mukhlesur
Entrance year :
2023
Occupation :
Professor at University
Company :
North Dakota State University
Phone :
(+1) 701-793-1408
Email :
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Birthdate :
1966/12/27
Language :
English (USA)
Address :
470G Loftsgard Hall
58078 Fargo / United States
Main fields of interest :
- Seeds, genetics
- Crop protection
- Agronomy
Professional experience : Dr. Rahman is a trained Oilseed (canola, rapeseed, flax, camelina) breeder and geneticist. Currently, he is a tenured Professor in the Department of Plant Sciences at NDSU. He has about 33-year experience working in teaching, research, and has expertise on double haploid, DNA technology, genomic selection, unmanned aerial vehicle, and field-based robot for phenotyping. He has released 3 canola varieties and 1 flaxseed variety in North Dakota. He has supervised 12 Ph.D. and 8 M.S. students as a major professor, and 28 Ph.D. and 25 M.S. students as a member of the supervisory committee. He has published 62 peer-reviewed journal articles. His notable research was recognized by Journal Cover Illustration in the ACS Appl Bio Mat, Plant Breeding J, The Crop J, and Mol Breed Journal. Currently, Dr. Rahman is serving as the Board Member of GCIRC, State Representative of the U.S. Plant Breeding Coordinating Committee, Member of the New Crops of National Crop Germplasm Committee, Councilor of North Dakota Academy of Science. He has served as the President of the North Dakota Academy of Science. At the international level, he served as the Chair of the ACS449.3 committee and a Member Fellows Committee of the American Society of Agronomy. He also served as the Session Chair of the 15th International Rapeseed Congress in Germany, Session Chair of the 20th Crucifer Genetics Conference in Australia, and Session Chair of the 2nd Int’l Sym on Sustainable Agriculture and Environment in Turkey.
Education : * 2007 Ph. D. in Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics, University of Manitoba, MB, Canada
* 2003 M. S. in Plant Breeding, Genetics and Biotechnology, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Japan
* 1995 M. Sc. in Plant Breeding and Genetics, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Bangladesh
* 1991 B. Sc. in Agricultural (Hons), Bangladesh Agricultural University, Bangladesh
Selected publications : *Hoque A, and Rahman M (2025) Deciphering the underlying genetics of agronomic traits comparing various association mapping models in a diversified Flax collection. Plant Breeding, 2025, 0:1-20. https://doi.org/10.1111/pbr.70049
*Hossin S, Horvath DP, Roy J, Hoque A, Arifuzzaman M, and Rahman M (2025) Genome-wide association study and genomic prediction for pod-shatter resistance in a diverse rapeseed/canola germplasm collection. Euphytica, 221(5). DOI:10.1007/s10681-025-03494-8.
*Long Y, Zheng P, Anderson JV, Horvath DP, Sthapit J, Li X, Rahman M, and Chao WS (2024) A novel strategy to map a locus associated with flowering time in canola (Brassica napus L.). Molecular Genetics and Genomics, 299:95. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00438-024-02191-w
*Hoque A, Shaikh TM, and Rahman M (2024) Inheritance of seed, flower, and anther colors and their linkage in diverse flax (Linum usitatissimum L.) genotypes. Crop Science, 1-12.
*Hoque A, Anderson JV, and Rahman M (2024) Genomic prediction for agronomic traits in a diverse Flax (Linum usitatissimum L.) germplasm collection. Scientific Reports, 14: 3196.
*Roy J, del Río Mendoza LE, and Rahman M (2024) Genome-wide mapping and genomic prediction conditioning sclerotinia stem rot resistance in different ecotypes of Brassica napus (L.) germplasm collections. Plant Stress Journal, 11: 100395.
*Ontano A, Dobrin B, Smith T, Abernathy B, Kandel JS, Shaikh TM, Anderson JV, Vaughn J, Raman M, and Horvath D (2024) Assembly and analysis of sequence from a spring and winter type Camelina sativa by whole genome PacBio HiFi technologies. Ind. Crops & Products 221: 119346.
*Hazra RS, Roy J, Jiang L, Webster DC, Rahman M, and Quadir M (2023) Biobased, Macro-and Nanoscale Fungicide Delivery Approaches for Plant Fungi. Appl. Bio Mat. 6(7):2698–2711.
*Shaikh TM, Rahman M, Smith T, Anderson JV, Chao WS, and Horvath DP (2023) Homozygosity Mapping Identified Loci and Candidate Genes Responsible for Freezing Tolerance in Camelina sativa. Plant Genome. 16:e20318.
*Roy J, delRio LEM, Bandillo N, McClean PE, and Rahman M (2022) Genetic mapping and genomic prediction of sclerotinia stem rot resistance to rapeseed/canola (Brassica napus L.) at seedling stage. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 135(6):2167-2184.
*Rahman M, Hoque A, and Roy J (2022) Linkage disequilibrium and population structure in a core collection of Brassica napus (L.). PLoS ONE, 17(3): e0250310.
