Faculty of Agriculture
Department of Agriculture
BachelorofScienceinAgriculture,Sher-E-BangleAgriculturalUniversity,Bangladesh, 2001 (firstclass, Position- 6th, Exam held in2004).
MasterofScienceinGeneticsandPlantBreeding,Sher–E-BangleAgriculturalUniversity,Bangladesh, 2006 (GPA 3.65).
Thesistitle: Invitroregeneration of Corcorousspecies.
PhD,UniversityofthePhilippinesLosBanosandInternationalRiceResearchInstitute,Philippines, 2010-2014 (GPA 2).
Thesistitle:Traitanalysisandgenome-wideassociationstudytoidentifyquantitativetraitloci(QTLs)associatedwithagronomicandyield-componenttraitsineliteirrigatedrice breedinglines.
Dr.Begum is a young rice scientist and had a great contribution to the nation.She published one text book&fifty scientific papers in the National and International journals. She participated many informative papers in national and international forum. Shereceived PhD research award for ThirdWorldOrganizationforWomeninScience(TWOWS)], andGeorgForsterResearchFellowshipforpostdoctoralresearchersaward,Alexandervon Humboldt-StiftungFoundation · Jean-Paul-Str. 12 · D-53173Bonn.Germany.Dr. Begum is a member of the six professional societies.She is the proud daughter of a freedom fighter father.
POSITION(S) AND RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
1. January 15, 2022 - till 16th January, 2023- Adjunct professor, Department of Genetics and plant breeding, Faculty of Agriculture, Birulia, Savar, Dhaka- 1215.
2. May 01, 2017- August 31, 2020- Postdoctoral fellow, Department of Plant Breeding, University of Bonn, Germany.
3. May 01, 2014 - April 30, 2017- Scientific Officer, Bangladesh Rice Research Institute, Gazipur-1700, Bangladesh.
4. June 12, 2010- April 30, 2014 - PhD research scholar, Plant Breeding, Genetics and Bio- technology Division; International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), Los Banos, Manila, Philippines, and Fellow of Third World organization for Women in Science (TWOWS), Italy.
5. November 12, 2007- June 11, 2010- Scientific Officer, Bangladesh Rice Research Institute, Gazipur 1700, Bangladesh.
6. September 17, 2006- November 08, 2007- Scientific Officer, Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute, Gazipur-1700, Bangladesh.
7. June 01, 2006- September 16, 2006- Agricultural Officer, Unnayan Sangha (US) a Community Development Organization, Jamalpur, Bangladesh.
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1. BegumH, Alam MS, Feng Y, Koua P, Shrestha A, Kamruzzaman M, Dadshani S, Ballvora A, Naz A H, Frei M. 2020. Genetic dissection of bread wheat diversity and identification of adaptive loci in response to elevated tropospheric ozone. Plant, Cell &Environment. 2020; 1-16. (https://doi.org/10.1111/pce.13864) (Numberofcitations-40)
2. BegumH,SpindelJ,LalusinA,BorromeoT,GregorioG,HernandezJ,etal.2015.GenomeWideAssociationMappingforYieldandOtherAgronomicTraitsinanEliteBreedingPopulationofTropicalRice(OryzaSativa).PLoSONE10(3):e0119873.doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0119873.(Numberofcitations-101)
(https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0119873)
3. SpindelJ,BegumH,AkdemirD,VirkP,CollardB,etal.2015.GenomicSelectionandAssociationMappinginRice(OryzaSativa):EffectofTraitGeneticAr-chitecture,TrainingPopulationComposition,MarkerNumberandStatisticalModelon Accuracy of RiceGenomicSelectionin Elite,TropicalRiceBreedingLines.PLoSGenet11(2):e1004982.doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1004982, (Number ofcitations- 249).(https://journals.plos.org/plosgenetics/article?id=10.1371/journal.pgen.1004982)
4. SpindelJ,BegumH,AkdemirD,CollardB,RedoñaE,JanninkJ,andMcCouchS.2015.Genome-WidePredictionModelsthatIncorporatedenovoGWASareaPowerfulNewToolforTropicalRiceImprovement:Heredity(2016)116, 395–408. (Numberof citations- 112)
(https://www.nature.com/articles/hdy2015113)
5. HoldenVerdeprado,TobiasKretzschmar,HasinaBegum,ChitraRaghavan,PriyaJoyce,PrakashLakshmanan,JoshuaN.Cobb&BertrandC.Y.Collard(2018)Associationmappinginrice:basicconceptsandperspectivesformolecularbreeding,PlantProductionScience,21:3,159-176.(Numberofcitations-5)
DOI: 10.1080/1343943X.2018.1483205
6. AkterA,HasanMJ,KulsumMU,LipiLF,BegumH,RahmanNF,FarhatT,BakiMZ.Stabilityandadaptabilityofpromisinghybridricegenotypesindifferentlocations of Bangladesh.Adv PlantsAgric Res.2019;9 (1):35‒39.
DOI: 10.15406/apar.2019.09.00407
7. N.Akter,H.Begum,IslamM.Z,SiddiqueM.A,KhalequzzamanM(2018).Geneticdiversity inausrice(oryzasatival.)genotypesofBangladesh.BangladeshJ.Agril.Res.43(2): 253-266.(https://www.banglajol.info/index.php/BJAR/article/view/37329)
8. BegumH,MotalibM.A,AkhterA,KulsumM.U,HasanM.J.2013.ScreeningandEvaluationforResistancetoBacterialBlightforRice(XanthomonasoryzaePv.Oryzae).Eco-friendlyAgri. J.6(01):10-12.
9. BegumH,MotalibM.A,AkhterA,KulsumM.U,RoyR.K.2013.WildSpeciesIdentificationUsingMorphologicalMarkers.Eco-friendlyAgri.J.6(01):13-16.
10. KulsumM.U,HasanM.J,BegumH,BillahM.M,andRahmanH.2011.GeneticDiversityof SomeRestorerLinesforHybridRiceDevelopment.Bangladesh Agril.Res.36(1): 21-28. ( Number ofcitations-9)
11. Khatun M, Ghosal S, Hasan M.R, Majumder R.R, Begum H. 2011. Correlation and Path
Coefficiency of Rice Genotypes (Oryza Sativa) Eco-friendly Agril. J. 4 (12): 768-773.
12. BegumH,MotalibM.A,IslamM.Z,SakiA.I,andAkterM.2010.EffectofDif-ferentpHLevelsonPlantRegenerationfromtheExplantsofJute.Bangla-deshJ.Agril.Res.2(10):5-10.
13. BegumH,IslamS.M.M,Shamsunnaher,BiswasP.L,andAnsariA.2010.Effec-tiveofDifferentConcentrationofSucroseonPlantRegenerationofJute.Intl.BioRes.8(2):20-28.
14. RahmanM.M,IslamM.A,ShahidullahS.M,IslamS.M.M,andBegumH.2010.PhysiogeneticVariationinBRRIDevelopedT.AmanRice(Oryzasativa)Varieties.TheAgriculturist,8(1):32-37.
15. KhatunM,BiswasP.S,HossainM.A,HossainM.K.H,andBegumH.2010.Ge-neticVariability,CharacterAssociationandPathCoefficientAnalysisofRice Genotypes(Oryza Sativa)Intl.J.BioRes.9(3):36-40.
16. AkterA,HassanM.J,BegumH,KulsumM.U,andHossainM.K.2010.Combin-ingAbilityAnalysisinRice(Oryzasativa).BangladeshJ.Pl.Breed.Genet,23(2):07-13.(Number ofcitations-10)
17. BegumH,AhmedM.S,KhatunM,AkterA,HossainM.K.2009.InvitroRegen-erationPerformanceofCorchorusSpecies.Eco-friendlyAgril.J.2(3):490-493.
18. BegumH,KhatunM,SiddiqueM.A,AkterA,HossainM.K.2009.InfluenceofDifferentConcentrationofSurfactantsonPlantRegenerationfromCotyle-donsofCorchorusCapsularisandCorchorusOlitorius.Eco-friendlyAgril.J. 2 (4):499-502.
19. BegumH,KhatunA,BhuiyanM.S.R,AfrozaF,KhatoonR.2009.InfluenceofDifferentConcentrationofVitaminsonPlantRegenerationfromCotyledonsOfCorchorusCapsularisandCorchorusOlitorius.BangladeshJ.Agril.Res.34(1):117-121.
20. BegumH,KhalequzzamanM,AkterA,AliM.P,andMotalibM.A.2009.Influ-enceofDifferentConcentrationofVitaminsonPlantRegenerationfromTwoCultivatedSpecies ofJute. SAARCJ.Agri.,7(1),72-84.
21. RahmanM.M,RahmanM.RahmanM.L,BegumH,andIslamS.M.M.2009.Mo-lecularCharacterizationandDiversityAnalysisofBrassicaGenotypes.BangladeshJ. Pl. Breed.Genet,22(1): 01-08.
22. KhatunM.T,BariM.A.A,ZamanM.A,BegumH,andAkterS.2009.HeterosisEstimatesinF2DiallelPopulationofSpringWheatunderInteractionCultur-alEnvironments.BangladeshJ.Agril.Res.34(1):123-141.
23. AliM.P,AsaduzzamanM,UddinM.A,KhatunR,andBegumH.2009.EfficacyofSesameOilasProtectantofSeedAgainstPulseBeetle(CallosobruchusChinensis) (L) on StoredGramSeed.Eco-friendlyAgril.J. 2 (5):555-558.
24. SiddiqueM.A,IslamN,BegumH,BhuiyaA,andMamunM.A.A.2009.EffectofPlantSpacingandNitrogenLevelontheYieldPerformanceofTransplantAmanRice CV.Surjomoni.Eco-friendlyAgril. J.2 (6):637-640.
25. Shamsunnaher,GaffarM.A,AnsariA,MukulM.H.R,andBegumH.2009.EffectofExplantsAgeofonRegenerationCapacityinKenaf(HibiscusCannabi-nus L).Intl.J.BioRes.7(3):7-13.
26. IslamM.Z,BegumH,SiddiqueM.A,BhuiyaA,andDewanM.M.R.2009.AStudyonWheatSeedQualityinDifferentStorageContainers.Eco-friendlyAgril.J. 2 (12):1033-1037.
27. SakiA.I,ZamanM.A,KhatunT.M,KamalM.M,andBegumH.2009.GeneticVariability,CorrelationandPathCo-efficientAnalysisforAgronomicTraitsincheckpea(CicerArietinumL.).TheAgriculturists7(1&2):12-21.(num-ber of Citations- 2)
28. IslamM.J,MollahM.I.U,HossainM.S,andBegumH.2009.CrackingPuddledSoilsandManagementforIncreasingWaterRetentionCapacity.Eco-friendlyAgril.J. 2 (10):875-880.
29. BiswasP.L,PaulA.K,HossainM.K,AkterA,BegumH,andGhosalS.2009.VariabilityandCharacterAssociationStudiesinHybridRice.Intl.J.Bio-Res.7(1):48-52.
30. AkterM,HaqueM.A,MonsurM.A,QuaisM.K,andBegumH.2009.BiologicalActivityofCelaflorAgainstPulseBeetle,CallosobruchusMaculatus(Fab).Bangladesh j. entomol. 19 (1),79-89.
31. HossainK,AkterA,BegumH,AnsariA,andRahmanM.M.2009.LinexTesterAnalysisforYieldanditsRelatedTraitsinRice(Oryzasativa).Bangladesh Pl.Breed.Genet. 22(1):01-06. (number of citations-8)
32. HossainK,AkterA,BegumH,KhatunM,andMasuduzzamanA.S.M.2009.Ge-neticDiversityanditsAssociationwithHeterosisinRice(OryzaSativa).BangladeshJ. Pl. Breed.Genet.22(2):39-46.
33. BegumH,KhatunA,BhuiyanM.S.R,MukulM.H.R,andZamanM.A.2008.Ef-fectofDifferentLevelsofNaClonPlantRegenerationfromCotyledonsofCorchorusCapsularisandCorchorusOlitorius.Eco-friendlyAgril.J.1(2):118-121.
34. BegumH,KhatunA,BhuiyanM.S.R,andAkterK.2008.EstablishmentofHighFrequencyShootRegenerationMethodfromCotyledonExplantsinJute (Corchoruscapsularis L)Eco-friendlyAgril.J. 1 (3) 126-130.
35. ZamanM.M,SaifullahM,HaqueM.A,andBegumH.2007.GrowthQualityandYieldofTwoLettuceCultivarsasInfluencedbyHarvestingStages.Bangla-deshJ.Prog.Sci&Tech.5 (2):369-372.
36. AfrozeF,HossainM.F,AliM,SadatM.A,andBegumH.2007.GeneticVariabilityandCharacterAssociationinAshGourd.(BeninkasaHispidaT).J.agric.educ.technol 10 (land 2): 105-110.
ProceedingsPaper:
1. AkterA,HassanM.J,RahmanM.H,BegumH,KulsumM.U.StabilityAnalysisforGrainYieldofPromisingHybridRice(OryzaSativaL.)AcrossDifferentLocationsbyAMMIModel.9thBiennialConference,25-26October,2014,PlantBreedingand GeneticSocietyofBangladesh.P50.
2. BegumH,SeminaronTraitAnalysisandAssociationMappingtoIdentifyQTLsAssociatedwithAgronomicandYieldRelatedTraitsinEliteIrrigatedRiceBreedingLines.April 2014, PBGB,IRRI,Philippines.
3. BegumH,KhatunA,BhuiyanM.S.R,AfrozaF,KhatoonR.InfluenceofDifferentConcentrationofVitaminsonPlantRegenerationfromCotyledonsofCorchorusCapsularisandCorchorusOlitorius.InternationalConferencePaperon PlantBreedingand Seed forFoodSecurity. P: 51, 10-12March 2009.
4. KhatunM.T,BariM.A.A,ZamanM.A,BegumH,AkterS.HeterosisEstimatesinF2DiallelPopulationofSpringWheatunderInteractionCulturalEnviron-ments.InternationalConferencePaperonPlantBreedingandSeedforFoodSecurity. P: 50, 10-12March, 2009.
Poster:
1. Begum H, Alam MS, Feng Y, Naz AA, Frei M. 2020. Genome-wide association study identifies genomic regions linked with the ozone tolerance in winter wheat (Triticumaestivum L.).International conference on "Air Pollution threats to Plant Ecosystems". Cyprus.
2. Frei M, Ueda Y,AshrafuzzamanMD,Begum H, NazA,2018,International Conference on“Ozone and Plant Ecosystems”.Italy.
3. SpindelJ,BegumH,CollardB,RedoñaE,andMcCouchS.2014.ExploringtheEfficacy ofGenomicSelectioninRiceUsingEliteLinesoftheInternationalRiceResearchInstitute'sIrrigatedRiceBreedingProgram.GrandExhibitHall,NY,USA.
https://pag.confex.com/pag/xxii/webprogram/Paper10602.html
4. BegumH,LopenaV,BartolomeV,VirkP,GregorioG,SpindelJ,McCouchS,CollardB.2013.GenomeWideAssociationStudy(GWAS)forAgronomicandYield-ComponentTraitsUsingaSetofEliteIrrigatedBreedingLines.7thInternationalRice Genetics Symposium,Philippines.
Published Book:
• InfluenceofDifferentFactorsonRegenerationofJute.
Online:
https://www.morebooks.de/store/gb/book/influence-of-different-factors-on-regeneration-of-jute/isbn/978-3-8473-3711-9
2. CRISPR/Cas9: A genome editing tool for improvement and application in rice breeding. (SUBMITTED)
• INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR/CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
1. Genome-wide association study to identify quantitative trait loci (QTLs) associated with agronomic and yield-component traits in elite irrigated rice breeding lines, 13 Nov 2013, 7th International Rice Genetics Symposium, Manilla, Philippines.
2. Trait Analysis and Association Mapping to Identify QTLS Associated with Agronomic, and Yield-Component Traits in Elite and Yield-Component Traits in Elite Irrigated Rice Breeding Lines, 23 April 2014, International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), Philippines.
3. Genome-wide association study to identify quantitative trait local (QTLs) associated with agronomic and yield-component traits in elite irrigated rice breeding lines. 17 September 2013, Department of Plant Breeding and Genetic, College of Agriculture and life Science, Cornell University, Ithaca